Practically two weeks after operating a routine errand at Costco, Fresno girl Samantha Tomlinson remains to be lacking, prompting her fearful household to talk to the media within the hopes of elevating consciousness for the case.
On Dec. 3, the 37-year-old instructed her roommate she was driving out to the Fresno Costco at 7100 North Abby St. to return a bought merchandise. In keeping with a Fresno police spokesperson, Tomlinson first made a cease to promote a weight set to somebody she met on OfferUp, an app that facilitates gross sales from individual to individual. Police say that interplay, captured on CCTV, occurred with out challenge, and Tomlinson then drove to Costco round noon.
Retailer surveillance footage exhibits her arriving and leaving from the car parking zone in her 2002 silver Honda Civic, apparently with out incident. When she did not return dwelling the subsequent day, nonetheless, her involved roommate referred to as police to report Tomlinson lacking.
Police instructed “Dateline” that Tomlinson’s telephone, bank cards and checking account haven’t been touched since Dec. 3. “We’re hoping for the perfect,” Fresno Police Division Lt. Jon Papaleo instructed “Dateline” on Monday. “Anyone on the market may have seen her, or her automobile, previously week or so. And that may very well be the lacking puzzle piece we’d like.”
In March 2020, Tomlinson was featured by ABC’s “Localish” program as a Okay-9 handler for the Fresno County Division of Agriculture. Within the video, she exhibits how a canine sniffs out unlawful plant materials that might unfold illness or pests in California. Tomlinson’s mom, Christie Tomlinson, instructed “Dateline” her daughter loves animals and the outside, and it was extraordinarily uncommon for her to not return dwelling to look after her German shepherd Atlas.
Due to her familiarity with the outside, a number of companies, together with rangers from the U.S. Forest Service, have been alerted to be looking out in a few of Tomlinson’s favourite mountaineering spots, similar to Sequoia Nationwide Park and Sierra Nationwide Forest.
“She tends to go up when issues are bothering her. She likes her area,” her father, Robert Tomlinson, instructed FOX26. “She likes the mountains, however she normally takes her canine along with her. She loves the outside and he or she loves animals. That is the place we predict she could be. However indications are that perhaps she’s not.”
Tomlinson is 5-foot-5 and 130 kilos with black hair and blue eyes. She has numerous tattoos, together with considered one of a black paw print and purple flowers on her left elbow and the phrases “Be Free” accompanied by blackbirds on her proper forearm. She is believed to be driving a silver Honda Civic with the license plate 6YQB398, which has additionally not been positioned.
Anybody with details about Tomlinson is requested to name the Fresno Police Division at 559-621-7000.
