Whatcom Sheriff asks for help to find woman still missing three weeks after disappearance
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is asking for more help from the public to find an at-risk woman who is still missing after disappearing almost three weeks ago.
Julie Montague-Ayers, 67, was last seen around 9:30 a.m. on March 10 while on a walk with her partner in the Peaceful Valley area of Maple Falls.
Montague-Ayers and her partner apparently became separated while on the walk. When Montague-Ayers did not return home, her partner apparently searched for her and then called 911 around 1:50 p.m., according to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office.
Initial search and rescue efforts did not locate Montague-Ayers.
Now, the Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help identify the owner of a vehicle determined to be in the area of Montague-Ayers’s disappearance. The vehicle was on Balfour Valley Drive around the time she went missing, according to a Facebook post by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s Office detectives are interested in speaking with the driver of the vehicle to see if they may have seen Montague-Ayers that morning.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Derek Bogle at 360-778-6747.
Montague-Ayers’s family held a prayer vigil for her on Sunday, March 26, in Bellingham. They are offering a $1,000 reward for any information that leads to finding her.
Montague-Ayers is 5-foot-4 and 125 pounds with silver-colored hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue-patterned wool coat and red, knee-high rubber boots. She is said to have moderate dementia and can become confused.
