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According to the Union Democrat, search efforts and fund raisers will be planned to help aid in the efforts to find the missing 64-year-old nurse from Nevada, Nita Mayo.
Search efforts and a fund raiser are planned over the Labor Day weekend to help find Nita Mayo, a Nevada woman who has been missing since she left on a trip over Sonora Pass on Aug. 8.
Volunteer searchers enlisted by Mayo’s four children and her son-in-law will be out over the next three days, scouring the mountains between Kennedy Meadows and Strawberry.
The effort is being coordinated by Texas Equusearch, a nonprofit search and rescue organization that has also been helping in Aruba in the search for missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.
Mayo’s family is asking anyone camping, hiking and fishing in the Sonora Pass area to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
Tomorrow there will be a benefit to raise money for the Nita Mayo search.
Tomorrow night, a benefit concert will be held in Twain Harte to raise money and awareness to help find Mayo, a 64-year-old nurse from Hawthorne. The Silvermoon All Stars band will wear shirts with Mayo’s picture on them as they perform from 6 to 8 p.m. at Eproson Park.
The events of this case are as follows according to all information available from law enforcement in Tuolumne County and in Mineral County, Nevada.
1. Mayo left Hawthorne around 11 a.m. on Aug. 8 for a day trip over Sonora Pass
2. She told a friend she wanted to visit a “village” on the other side of Sonora Pass and was to return home so she could be at work the following day.
3. Mayo never returned, and her car was found on Aug. 10 at the Donnell Vista parking lot.
4. It had been there since Aug. 8, according to a Caltrans worker who saw it there two days before deputies found it.
5. A refrigerator magnet and postcards purchased at Strawberry General Store were found in Mayo’s car along with her purse, cellular phone, wallet, credit cards, money and food.
6. Jewel Rice, of Colorado Springs, Colo., was driving a rental car that got stuck on a U.S. Forest Service road near Strawberry. Between Aug. 7 and 12, she sought help in freeing the car. After Aug. 12, she left without her vehicle.
7. Rice’s car has since been searched and impounded.
Please note the following information for future fund raising and volunteering:
Next weekend, on Sept. 10, Mt. Grant Hospital workers are also sponsoring a 5K walk-run to raise money for the search effort.
Anyone who wants to volunteer for this weekend’s search should be at Dardanelle Resort at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The reward for the safe return of Nita Mayo is now up to $10,000 thanks to the equal contributions from the Texas Equusearch and the Carole Sund-Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation.
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September 3rd, 2005 at 02:43am
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Following the earlier report that a woman’s skeletal remains were found new the Hoover Dam, according to the Ohio News Network the search for Julie Popovich is over as scientists have identified remains found Thursday as those of the missing Reynoldsburg woman.
It is a sad end to the search for Julie Popovich. 10TV has learned that scientists have identified remains found Thursday as those of the missing Reynoldsburg woman.
Forensic dentists at OSU have concluded that the body found in a bean field is indeed Julie Popovich.
County workers mowing grass found Julie Thursday afternoon in a bean field along Smothers Road. It is about a mile from where a fisherman found the ID Julie was using the night she disappeared.
Police aren’t talking about how Julie died, but sources say homicide detectives are making good progress.
Julie Popovich was only 20-years-old. Just last week family and friends held a candlelight vigil to pray for her safe return.
The Franklin County Coroner says an autopsy is underway.
September 2nd, 2005 at 07:08pm
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According to NBC 4, A woman’s skeletal remains were found near Hoover Dam in southern Delaware County, OH Thursday afternoon.
Columbus police said they were taking over the investigation following last month’s disappearance of Julie Popovich. The Reynoldsburg woman was last seen leaving a bar near the Ohio State University campus.
“Due to the fact that we have an outstanding missing on Julie Popovich, we’re going to be the lead investigators on this to determine the remains that were found in this field,” said Sgt. Brent Mull, of Columbus police. “Right now there’s a lot of overgrowth in the area. So, depending on how long the body’s been here, we got to make sure that we don’t lose the evidence, such as the clothes.”
According to reports the skeletal remains were partially clothed. Because of the fact that Julia Popovich is an outstanding missing person in the area the natural thought process is to believe it is her. However, no matter what the case whether it is Julie or not, someone has been found.
The remains, which were partially clothed, were found just east of Red Bank Road shortly after 2 p.m., according to NBC 4′s Mike Bowersock. A crew that was cutting grass along a tree line near a soybean field found the remains and called police, Bowersock reported.
“We were mowing the roadside and … our truck driver came back up and said he found a body,” said Dave Schwenke. “It was gone. It was bones and it had no clothes on it.”
Workers said the clothes found near the bones appeared to be a skirt and bra. Police said even the clothes were decomposed.
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September 2nd, 2005 at 12:57pm
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A very special thanks should go to Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro for the $25,000 grant, Crime Stoppers has created a statewide toll-free tip line and a Web site designed to locate missing adults. The site helps spread the word about people who have disappeared.
Abductions and reports of runaways have regularly been in the news. Many of those end tragically. And although many involve children, there are instances when adults turn up missing.
A prime example is missing 18-year-old Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Sometimes the end result with a missing adult is just as tragic as that of a missing child. Sometimes resolution is never achieved. The person is never found. Dead or alive.
But some good news coming out of Columbus recently should bolster the hopes of any Ohioan missing an adult family member or friend, including those in our own communities. Thanks to a $25,000 grant from Attorney General Jim Petro, Crime Stoppers has created a statewide toll-free tip line and a Web site designed to locate missing adults. The site helps spread the word about people who have disappeared.
According to Petro’s office, the statewide tip line, 888-400-TIPS, automatically will connect tipsters calling from Ohio to their local Crime Stoppers chapter 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of the 18 Crime Stoppers affiliates throughout the state did not previously have the ability to man a tip line around the clock. The grant will rectify that predicament.
Every state should implement such a web site that posts information about missing adults as it does with missing children. Amber alerts are only applicable to a certain age. All to often missing adults are not given the same attention. We should do all we can to provide databases for “ALL” missing persons.
The Web site, www.ohiomissingadults.com, will post information and pictures about missing adult Ohioans. All of the posted information will be added to the National Center for Missing Adults Web site as well. Citizens will be able to submit information about missing family members to the Ohio site, but nothing will be posted until it is confirmed by Crime Stoppers and the appropriate local law-enforcement agency.
Click on the Ohio Missing Adult link and check if you have seen any of thesemissing individuals.
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September 1st, 2005 at 01:06am
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According to News 4 Local News, The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office wants to question a woman in connection with the disappearance of Nita Mayo.
The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office wants to question a woman in connection with the disappearance of Nita Mayo.
Tuolumne County officials say they are interested in talking to 39-year-old Jewel Jeanne Rice of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Mayo, a 64-year-old Hawthorne resident, was last seen when she left to go shopping near Sonora, California. Her car was later found abandoned in Tuolumne County.
Officials say Rice, who also uses the alias Atencio, 
was in the area at the time of Mayo’s disappearance. They say Rice’s car may have had mechanical problems and that it is possible she was looking for help with her vehicle.
Authorities are not calling Rice a suspect in Mayo’s disappearance, only that she may be a possible witness. She is described as being a white, female, standing 5’1″ tall and weighing 185 pounds. She has brown hair and hazel eyes.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Nita Mayo, or Rice, please call the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-228-3592
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September 1st, 2005 at 12:39am
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Friends and family held a vigil Thursday evening (8/25) for missing Reynoldsburg woman Julie Popovich, NBC 4′s Erin Tate reported. Popovich, 20, was last seen leaving Ledo’s Lounge, located at 2608 N. High St., on Aug. 11.
The gathering was held at 9 p.m. at the center of the North Oval of The Ohio State University campus.
The brief vigil was meant to be an expression of hope, Tate reported.
Her closest friends organized the vigil over the past few days.
They said they are pleased with the national media attention the case has received.
“It’s a chance for everybody to get together and use each other for a support system. In a time like this, we need each other, and that’s certainly what it is. We’re celebrating Julie and everything she is to all of us tonight. So, this prayer is just a prayer for her safe return,” said Popovich friend, Tiffani Maynard.
Ohio News Now: Family and Friends Hold Candlelight Vigil
We’re praying for her safe return tonight,” Popovich’s friend Tiffani Maynard said. “And it helps all of us together. We’re not the only ones going through it.”
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August 31st, 2005 at 01:11am
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From the Union Democrat, Tim Miller got a first hand look this weekend at the area in which Nita Mayo disappeared nearly three weeks ago. Tim Miller, the founder of Equusearch, said that he could bring in a lot of high tech equipment; however, the number one thing that is needed is people. I would ask the many people of this area to go out and volunteer your time to help find Mita Mayo.
The head of a Texas-based search and rescue organization got a first-hand look this weekend at the mountains near Donnell Vista where a Nevada woman disappeared three weeks ago.
Tim Miller, of Texas Equusearch, said he could bring in lots of high-tech equipment including infrared night-vision equipment and satellite imaging, but what he really needs are people.
“We especially want to get people to help us over … the Labor Day weekend when there should be lots of people in the mountains,” Miller said Saturday night.
Miller agreed to help find Nita Mayo, 64, of Hawthorne, Nev., who disappeared Aug. 8 when she drove from her home for a day trip over Sonora Pass and never returned. Mayo may have made it as far as Strawberry and purchased items at the Strawberry General Store.
Mayo’s children from Oklahoma, Tennessee and North Dakota have been desperately seeking any information about their mother and got help from Miller and his group.
Texas Equusearch has been in Aruba trying to find Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teenager missing and presumed dead.
There is a vast amount of area that needs be searched. This will require a large amount of volunteer searchers. I would beg the people in the surrounding area to do one of the most selfless and most rewarding jobs you will ever do in your live and help search for a missing person. Please assemble more than what originally came to search for Nita Mayo.
Saturday, Miller met with 17 volunteer searchers and the Mayo children. He said he was disappointed at the small number of people who showed up for the search.
“We need more people and we are reaching out to the public to search mapped-out areas between Strawberry and Kennedy Meadows,” Miller said.
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August 31st, 2005 at 12:58am
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Please contact Tim Miller with Texas Equusearch with any information pertaining to Nita Mayo missing since 8/8/05 in Sonora, CA. Toll free 877/270-9500 or 281/309-9500
http://www.texasequusearch.org/
Missing Endangered Adult 
Nita Mayo
Sonora, CA
Missing Since: August 8, 2005
Age: 64
Missing From: Sonora Pass (Hwy 108)
Sex: Female
Height: 5 ft.
Weight: 140 lbs.
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Dark Brown w/ ends frosted
Race: Caucasian
Complexion: Fair
Birth Date: February 9, 1941
Last seen wearing: Nita was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with blue jeans and white sandals. We do know since we were told this that Nita did change her shirt as it was found at her house as were her white sandals. After looking through Nita’s clothes it is believed that she may be wearing jeans and white tennis shoes, type of top is unknown.
Last Seen: Nita Mayo was last seen around 10:00 a.m. on August 8, 2005. She had breakfast with a friend that morning before she left for Sonora Pass. She was supposed to call her friend, Pat Beavers, when she arrived back home from her drive. She did not call but Pat just felt that she had just arrived home too late to call her. When she did not show up for work on Tuesday, at Mt. Grant hospital, the Head of Nursing called to see if Nita was home. When she did not answer or call back, Jan Kollodge went to Nita’s house to check on her, but no one was home. She then checked with Pat B. who informed Jan of Nita’s plans the day before. At this time calls were made to the California and Nevada Highway Patrol.
Please call the Tuolumne County Sheriff Department at 209-533-5815.
Please call Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500 or Toll-free (877) 270-9500. Fax: 281-534-6719
Case # C05-2406
TES Case # 05-465
Prepared by: Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team
Download Flyers From: www.texasequusearch.org
Email: texas_equusearch@hotmail.com
Update: Volunteer Group Will Aid Sierra Search for Missing Nevada Woman
Nearly three weeks after she disappeared in the Sierra Nevada, family and friends of 64-year-old Nita Mayo are hoping the efforts of a renowned volunteer search organization can help bring the Hawthorne, Nevada, woman home.
Members of Texas EquuSearch, a horse-mounted volunteer missing persons recovery organization, began arriving Friday to join in the search.
Mayo’s 1997 silver Mercury Sable was found by a Tuolumne County Sheriff’s sergeant two days later at the Donnell Vista parking lot along Highway 108. Mayo’s purse, cell phone, and keys were still inside.
The Modesto-based Carole Sund-Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation has offered a $5,000 reward for Mayo’s safe return.
To discuss this go to the Missing Persons Discussion Forum
August 29th, 2005 at 01:00am
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From The Ohio News Network, new evidence has been found in the case of a missing model near Hoover Reservoir.
New evidence has been found in the case of a missing model that disappeared near the Ohio State University campus, and the evidence may have police on a new search near Hoover Reservoir.
An identification card was discovered near the Hoover Reservoir and could reveal new information about Julie Popovich’s disappearance.
Because of this new piece of evidence, police have a new direction in the case.
In addition, the Popovich family has hired a private investigator. Kelly’s Professional Investigations is working with police in the search for Julie.
According to OHIO-TV 7:
Popvich’s friend, Tiffany Maynard said, “Anyone who knows Julie, knows she is extremely responsible. She wouldn’t even miss a day of work.”
Police believe foul play was involved in her disappearance. They are looking for a person of interest.
UPDATE: NBC4, Friends, Family, Boyfriend Interviewed
Popovich’s friends told police they saw her get into a car with someone they thought she knew, but details are still unclear, NBC 4′s Teresa Garcia reported.
Garcia: “Is it a sure thing that she got into a car with someone?”
Estep: “No, that’s being looked at. We’re getting a little bit of conflicting statements there.”
Estep is now working with homicide detectives, branching out the investigation.
Police have interviewed her friends, family and her live-in boyfriend, who first reported her missing. Investigators are receiving tips and may be getting close to an answer.
Detectives may know someone who knows her whereabouts.
“We have a person of interest that we’re looking at,” Estep said.
Until there is an answer, the mission is on to find Popovich safe.
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August 25th, 2005 at 01:25am
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Twenty-year-old Julie Popovich disappeared August 11th from Ledo’s Bar on North High Street, as reported by channel 10 WBNS in Ohio.
Columbus Police are convinced that whatever happened to a missing woman, she did not go willingly.
Twenty-year-old Julie Popovich disappeared August 11th from Ledo’s Bar on North High Street. Her friends said that she left the bar around 1 a.m. Thursday with a man they did not recognize.
Police have ruled out the possibility that Popovich simply took off on her own and want to talk with anyone who saw her that night.
Julie Popovich is 5’10″ or 5’11″ — I’ve seen both heights in various descriptions, a slender 104 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 614-645-TIPS.
Julie Popovich poster
Julie Popovich was last seen Thursday night at Ledo’s on North High Street. According to a police report, friends saw her get into a car with someone they thought she knew.
See Planet Huff’s, The Vanishing of Julie Popovich
Also, Lost In Lima Ohio.
Update: From The Advocate, the reward for information leading to her whereabouts has been increased to $50,000.
Authorities have increased the reward for information that may help find a missing Reynoldsburg woman.
“When we started out, we were considering this a voluntary missing,” said Sgt. Greg Estep, of Columbus police missing persons unit. “Based on some leads we’ve developed, we’re now moving that up … foul play is a possibility now.”
“We have a person of interest that we’re looking at,” Estep said.
Central Ohio Crime Stoppers said that thanks to an anonymous out-of-town donor, the reward for information leading to her whereabouts has been increased to $50,000.
The donor also gave money to increase the reward for information about the Natalee Holloway case.
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August 24th, 2005 at 12:27am
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