UPDATE: Search Continues for Missing Woman
From the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department:
UPDATE: As of this Sunday afternoon, volunteer Search and Rescue personnel have devoted over 1,070 hours to searching the area for any sign of Dona. Units assigned to this search included: Search and Rescue teams from Ojai, Fillmore, and Thousand Oaks as well as the Search and Rescue K-9 team with five dogs, the volunteer Sheriff’s Mounted Posse, and several helicopters from the Sheriff’s Aviation Unit, including one equipped with infrared search equipment. Unfortunately, Dona has still not been located.
The Sheriff’s Office remains committed to finding Dona and will continue to work with the Perry family. Although the area in which she disappeared has been extensively searched, the Sheriff’s Office will continue with reduced search efforts in a limited but ongoing scale in the area of the Gridley trailhead. Anyone who may have or come across any information relating to Dona’s whereabouts is asked to contact Sgt. John Wright at (805) 797-7128 or the Ventura County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center at (805) 654-9511.
Dona Perry is a white female, 68 years old, 5’06” in height, 130 pounds, with gray hair and green eyes. Dona wears prescription eye glasses. It is not known how Dona was dressed at the time of her disappearance.
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Original Release From the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department:
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office/Moorpark Police Department needs the public’s help finding Dona Perry, who has been missing since the night of January 5, 2016.
On January 5, 2016, family members contacted the Moorpark Police Department and reported Dona as a missing person. According to family members, Dona was recently diagnosed with a serious medical condition. Dona was last seen by family members on January 5, 2016, at about 9:00 AM when she left her residence in the Santa Rosa Valley for scheduled doctors’ appointments in Thousand Oaks, CA. Dona did not go to her doctors’ appointments and was not prepared to be gone for an extended period of time.
Dona’s family and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office are concerned for Dona’s safety and are asking for the public’s help in locating her. Anyone with information on Dona’s whereabouts is asked to contact Sergeant John Wright at (805) 797-7128 or the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at (805) 654-9511.
Dona Perry is a White female, 68 years old, 5’06” tall, 130 pounds, with gray hair and green eyes. Dona wears prescription eye glasses. It is currently unknown how Dona may be dressed at this time.
On January 7, 2015 Dona’s vehicle was located near Gridley Trail in the Ojai area. Sheriff’s Search and Rescue units are actively searching for Dona.
