Photo: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office
A car belonging to a California mother of 3 who mysteriouslyvanished in July has been found – with no sign of her anywhere, say police.
Heather Gumina Waters, 33, of Pleasant Valley,was last seen on July 16, not long after she was released from the hospital where she was treated for a broken collarbone.
On Friday, the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office announced on Facebook that it found her car — a 2005 black Infiniti G35 with pink bow stickers on it — in El Dorado County.
The Sheriff’s Office did not specify exactly where the car was found or who found it.
The car “is being forensically processed for evidence,” the Sheriff’s Office says on Facebook.
Heather Gumina Waters’ black 2005 Infiniti G35.El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
“Heather Gumina’s current whereabouts are still unknown,” the post says.
Police continue to search as her family awaits any word of her whereabouts.
“Every minute of the day I feel like dying inside,”her mother, Joanna Russell, told local station KTXL said at a vigil for her daughter. “I do, I feel like dying because I didn’t protect her. I didn’t protect her.”
Waters went missing shortly after she had broken her collarbone and was complaining about the pain, Russell told the outlet.
“That’s why there’s a concern for her safety right now and a concern that she had a broken collarbone,” she added. “So, I’m praying that someone will hear this or have seen something or might know something and please report it to the sheriff.”
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Russell told the station that the woman’s disappearance had taken a toll on her daughter’s three children, especially her youngest son, who is 4.
Russell also called on social media users to help in the search.
“We are pleading with the community. If anyone seen anything — anything at all, call the Sheriff Dispatch!!” shewrote in a Facebook post. “I Love and miss you Heather Rai my beautiful daughter my heart is so broken.!!!!”
The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PEOPLE.
EDSO is still requesting any information or leads that can help locate Heather Gumina. Please contact dispatch at (530) 621-6600 or Detective J. Sargent at (530) 642-4714.
source: people.com
