Shenandoah National Park
Near White Oak
Updated 5:08 PM via VSP:
“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.
She is described as a white female with blonde hair and green eyes. She is 5’6 and weighs approximately 125 lbs. The last contact any family had with her was Wednesday, April 13. She is the spouse of a Virginia State Police employee.”
Here’s the latest from the Virginia State Police as of 9:30 Monday morning:
Search efforts resumed this morning (April 18) shortly after 8 a.m. in the Shenandoah National Park for the missing 31-year-old Woodbridge, Va., woman. State police are continuing to concentrate their search operation in the region of White Oak Canyon Trail, where Nicole Mittendorff’s vehicle was discovered Saturday night (April 16). At this time, there is still no evidence to indicate foul play in her disappearance.
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