VIDEO: Authorities have identified a vehicle destroyed in a Glennallen hotel fire earlier this month as belonging to an 86-year-old Valdez woman who has been missing for weeks, according to the Valdez Police Department. โI think the big concern was they hadnโt heard from her in a few weeks,โ said Sara Jorgenson-Owen, Valdez public information officer.
โBy time we were looking for her as a missing persons, it was Nov. 19 and her family hadnโt heard from her since the 5th.โ Evans runs the Valdez Copper Basin Insurance in Valdez and appeared at several Roadhouse dinner functions, according to Jorgenson-Owen.
Jorgenson-Owen reported that Evans was last seen on Nov. 8. Police said she was believed to be traveling from Anchorage to Valdez on Nov. 11, possibly driving her blue 2020 Ford Escape. The timeline is still developing. โWeโre still hearing from some people who say, โoh, I saw her, talked to her at the gas station,โ or โwe were chatting recently.โ So weโre still putting together that timeline of events,โ Jorgenson-Owen said.
