MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - As authorities this week suspended large-scale searches on rugged Mount Tamalpais for a Northern California woman who’s been missing for more than a week, the hiker’s parents made a tearful public plea for her safe return.
The search for Magdalena Glinkowski, 33, of Menlo Park, was scaled back until new leads develop or information emerges about a specific section on the mountain to scour, officials from the Marin County Sheriff’s Office and California State Parks said Monday.
They are still investigating if the software developer got lost on a trail or became a victim of foul play.
“We don’t know if she’s voluntarily lost, we don’t know if she’s a victim of foul play,” State Parks Supervising Ranger Rose Blackburn said. “Right now, she’s just lost.”
More than 250 volunteers, eight to 10 search dogs and rescue helicopters had been involved in the search.
“We have just covered that whole mountain - we’ve been on every trail, and have not gleaned any new clues or evidence,” Marin County Sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Pittman said. “We feel that we have reached a point where we’ve exhausted all of our probabilities of where to be searching right now.”
She was last seen March 30 after parking in the lot for Mount Tamalpais. A surveillance video showed the 5-foot-7, 120-pound Glinkowski walking in the parking lot wearing a pink top and light blue shorts. Her abandoned rental car was also discovered there.
Then, she apparently took off for a hike, and has not been seen or heard from since.
Blackburn said authorities are still actively investigating Glinkowski’s disappearance and continue to search with smaller teams.
Her parents, Jacek and Natalia Glinkowski, flew in from Boston, and park rangers gave them a tour of the search area to give a better idea of the vast scope they covered. They said her daughter is a very strong person who would not give up in a difficult situation.
“If any of you remember her, please contact rangers,” said her father, Jacek Glinkowski.
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