A woman who drove a car onto an eastbound ferry from Bainbridge Island, then apparently abandoned the car when the ferry arrived in Seattle, had been visiting relatives in Sequim but is from Spokane, the State Patrol said Tuesday.
The State Patrol and Coast Guard — which conducted an unsuccessful search of Puget Sound waters for the woman Monday afternoon and evening — originally said Amy Story, 27, to whom the Mitsubishi Galant was registered, was from Sequim.
The car is registered to her in Sequim, but she now lives in Spokane, the State Patrol said.
Ferry workers found several personal items belonging to Story in the vehicle she left behind.
Seattle ferry cameras
Story is still considered a missing person although security cameras showed her walking off the ferry in Seattle, apparently by herself, said State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Craig Johnson.
No one has reported seeing her after she left the ferry Tacoma at Seattle’s Colman Dock, Johnson said.
Story’s family told the State Patrol she suffers from a bipolar condition and may not be taking her medications.
She has experienced similar episodes in the past, they said.
Not in danger
Johnson said troopers don’t believe she is the victim of a crime or in any danger.
“There is nothing to lead us to believe that she is in duress or anything more to it than she walked off,” Johnson said.
Story is described as white with medium-length brown hair, about 5-foot-6, 240 pounds with green eyes.
She was reportedly visiting relatives in Sequim and might be trying to make her way back to Spokane.
Once worked in Sequim
An employee at John L. Scott Real Estate in Sequim said Story used to work at the office, but she wasn’t allowed to give any more information.
Johnson said he didn’t have any information on Story’s history in Sequim.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Story is asked to phone State Patrol Detective Russ Haake at 425-401-7788, and press option 1 when prompted.
Among Coast Guard units searching for her Monday was an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Group/Air Station Port Angeles.
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