Updated
Here’s the latest in the search from Virginia State Police:
Approximately 100 federal, state and volunteer search and rescue teams have spent Monday (April 18) searching in the Shenandoah National Forest for the 31-year-old missing Woodbridge, Va., woman. Due to the steep, challenging terrain of the area, search efforts will conclude at sundown and resume again early Tuesday morning.
The search efforts have focused on several miles of federal park land surrounding the Whiteoak Canyon trail in Madison County. Nicole K. Mittendorff’s 2009 Mini Cooper was located in the parking area at the trail entrance shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday (April 16). The abandoned vehicle was found by a U.S. Park Ranger.
There is still no evidence to indicate anything suspicious about Mittendorff’s disappearance.
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Nicole Mittendorf went missing from her home in Woodbridge.
Now Virginia State Police is the head agency in a search for her after Mittendorf’s car was found in Shenandoah National Park on Saturday.
Investigators are searching the White Oak Canyon section of the park for the missing 31-year-old woman. There is no sign of foul play in Mittendorf’s disappearance, stated Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
Mittendorf’s 2009 Mini Cooper was found abandoned in a parking lot inside a portion of the National Park located in Madison County. The search was called off late Sunday night but resumed early this morning.
The website find-nicole.com has more photos and more information about Mittendorf.
Virginia State Police added:
Mittendorff is a white female with blonde hair and green eyes. She is 5’6 and weighs approximately 125 lbs. The last contact her family had with her was Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
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