Post by LadyBlue on Jan 3, 2013 16:20:55 GMT -5
A 19-year-old Petaluma woman studying to be a firefighter disappeared after attending a music festival New Year's Eve in South Lake Tahoe, authorities said Thursday.
Alyssa Byrne was last seen by friends at a bar at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline, Nev., about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after attending the three-day SnowGlobe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College, authorities said.
Byrne last used her cell phone before midnight Monday, said Douglas County sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.
"The circumstances of her disappearance are unknown," Brooks said Thursday.
Byrne's mother, Kim Byrne, 49, said Thursday that she was optimistic that her daughter would be found.
"I've convinced myself that we're going to bring her home today," she said. "My best-case scenario right now is that she's having the time of her life with some friends that she's made and that time just got away from her. I just have to focus on that. Today, hopefully, she's just going to come barreling through that door."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
She said she is staying positive "because I have no other choice. There is a door that I cannot walk through right now."
The missing woman's father, Kevin Byrne, 44, is in South Lake Tahoe assisting in the search.
Alyssa Byrne graduated in 2011 from Casa Grande High School in Petaluma. She works at Cattlemens steakhouse in Petaluma and is studying to be a paramedic and firefighter at Santa Rosa Junior College, her mother said.
Family members and friends passed out fliers Wednesday and law-enforcement officials examined surveillance video, including from cameras at the hotel, Maura Duggan, a cousin of Byrne, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the search.
"Keep spreading the love, we will find you Alyssa," Duggan wrote.
Byrne is white, with black hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has an "infinity" sign on her left wrist and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga pants and black snow boots.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Byrne's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call South Lake Tahoe police at (775) 782-9905.
www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Petaluma-woman-19-missing-at-Tahoe-4164552.php
Alyssa Byrne was last seen by friends at a bar at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline, Nev., about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after attending the three-day SnowGlobe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College, authorities said.
Byrne last used her cell phone before midnight Monday, said Douglas County sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.
"The circumstances of her disappearance are unknown," Brooks said Thursday.
Byrne's mother, Kim Byrne, 49, said Thursday that she was optimistic that her daughter would be found.
"I've convinced myself that we're going to bring her home today," she said. "My best-case scenario right now is that she's having the time of her life with some friends that she's made and that time just got away from her. I just have to focus on that. Today, hopefully, she's just going to come barreling through that door."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
She said she is staying positive "because I have no other choice. There is a door that I cannot walk through right now."
The missing woman's father, Kevin Byrne, 44, is in South Lake Tahoe assisting in the search.
Alyssa Byrne graduated in 2011 from Casa Grande High School in Petaluma. She works at Cattlemens steakhouse in Petaluma and is studying to be a paramedic and firefighter at Santa Rosa Junior College, her mother said.
Family members and friends passed out fliers Wednesday and law-enforcement officials examined surveillance video, including from cameras at the hotel, Maura Duggan, a cousin of Byrne, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the search.
"Keep spreading the love, we will find you Alyssa," Duggan wrote.
Byrne is white, with black hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has an "infinity" sign on her left wrist and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga pants and black snow boots.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Byrne's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call South Lake Tahoe police at (775) 782-9905.
www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Petaluma-woman-19-missing-at-Tahoe-4164552.php
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