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REGIONAL: Authorities search for missing Fort Bragg woman
NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino County authorities have been conducting a search for a Fort Brag woman reported missing on Thursday.
Genevieve Kathryn Alexander, 30, was reported missing by her boyfriend shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
Officials said the boyfriend reported that he last saw Alexander walking away from the couple's residence, located at the Pomo Campground, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Alexander is described as a white female adult, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. The sheriff’s office said she wearing a maroon fleece type of jacket, dark-colored pants and dark-colored tennis shoes at the time of her disappearance.
It was suspected at the time of Alexander's disappearance that she was having a delusional episode, according to the report.
A deputy sheriff conducted an immediate area search of the bluffs/beaches of Sunset Way, Belinda Point, Schoefer Lane and Pacific Way, which were identified as locations where Alexander frequented on occasion. The deputy was unable to locate Alexander, officials reported.
At 9 a.m. Friday Mendocino County Sheriff's Office investigators – with the aid of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue Team – initiated a further search for Alexander, the agency reported.
During the search it was learned that a resident who lived adjacent to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens at 18220 North Highway 1 had contacted a person trespassing on their property at 4 p.m. Thursday. The sheriff’s office said the person who was trespassing matched Alexander's physical and clothing description.
A Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue Team bloodhound began a scent search from the location of the trespass scene and ended behind the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens along the bluff line at a trailhead that lead downward toward the beach, officials reported.
While conducting a search of the beach a pair was pants was found floating in the ocean a short distance out from the beach, according to the agency’s report. When the pants were recovered they were identified as being the pants Alexander was wearing at the time of her disappearance.
A further search of this area was conducted by personnel from the United States Coast Guard – via boat and helicopter – and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue Team, officials said.
As of Friday evening officials said Alexander's current whereabouts were unknown and no further items of clothing had been recovered.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens for aiding in the search efforts along with the United States Coast Guard and the many volunteers of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team.
Anyone with any information relating to Alexander's disappearance or whereabouts is urged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office dispatch center at 707-463-4086.