California lady who went lacking throughout highway journey appeared disoriented at resort, witness claims

(NewsNation) — Police in a number of states are looking out for a California lady who went lacking throughout a cross-country highway journey weeks in the past.

Chelsea Grimm left her residence in San Diego on Sept. 24, headed for a marriage in Connecticut. She was touring along with her pet bearded dragon. Three days into the journey, she met up with a buddy in Phoenix, Arizona, and known as her mother and father, Stephen and Janet, to say the drive was taking longer than she thought.

Grimm mentioned she deliberate to skip the marriage and head again residence to San Diego. That was the final time her mother and father heard from her.

“She was spontaneous. She modified plans lots,” mentioned Stephen throughout Monday’s version of NewsNation’s “Banfield.” “This wasn’t the primary time she ever modified a plan, for positive.”

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“The magnitude of this journey … of driving throughout the nation, was lots for Chelsea. We gave her a bunch of choices,” Stephen added.

Grimm was reportedly noticed at a resort in Seligman, Arizona, after the telephone name along with her mother and father. A witness mentioned she appeared disoriented and was making an attempt to make use of euros as an alternative of U.S. forex.

On Sept. 28, a police officer, responding to a report of a girl performing suspiciously, discovered Grimm in her automobile at a cemetery in Williams, Arizona. Grimm informed him she was engaged on a pictures challenge about lacking troopers and had gotten emotional. She informed the officer she deliberate to camp in her automobile that evening.

Two days in a while Sept. 30, a woodcutter noticed Grimm tenting in her SUV close to Ashfork, Arizona. He mentioned she appeared OK.

Grimm’s mother and father reported her lacking on Oct. 4. The subsequent day, hunters discovered Grimm’s SUV deserted in the course of a mud highway close to Ashfork.

Each tires on the appropriate aspect of the SUV had been flat. Her cellphone, pockets, clothes and sleeping bag weren’t within the automobile, and her pet bearded dragon was additionally lacking, in accordance with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Grimm’s mother, Janet, mentioned she thinks the truth that the bearded dragon can also be lacking is a “hopeful signal.”

“She would by no means go away an animal within the automobile. She simply wouldn’t do it,” Janet mentioned.

“I additionally assume that the possibilities of folks recognizing Chelsea, or a minimum of connecting the dots. In the event that they see someone with a bearded dragon, they’re going to take an additional have a look at that particular person. As a result of it’s uncommon to be carrying round a bearded dragon, normally on her shoulder,” Janet mentioned.

Janet additionally identified a tattoo on Grimm’s left arm, a design of a vine with leaves on it.

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The Coconino County Sheriff’s Workplace is asking anybody with details about the lacking lady to contact them at 928-774-4523.

Stephen added that officers in states surrounding Arizona have been notified of Grimm’s disappearance as properly, saying it’s doable she might have traveled an extended distance from the place her automobile was discovered.

“Even for those who’re a number of hours away from [Arizona] … and also you’ve seen one thing that you simply assume could be any type of tip, we’d be eternally grateful if that’s an necessary clue,” he mentioned.

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