Missing woman who didn’t show up to salon was likely kidnapped, Washington cops say

UPDATE: Reyna Hernandez’s body was found in a local cemetery in Mexicali, Mexico, Washington police said. A 61-year-old from Renton is in custody in Mexico. Police are calling the incident a domestic violence crime.

The original story is below.

A woman was last heard from while running errands in Washington, officials said.

Police believe she was kidnapped, according to a March 5 Facebook post by Renton officers.

On Feb. 26, Reyna Hernandez, 54, left her home to run errands, according to a post by police on X, formerly known as Twitter.

On Feb. 28, Hernandez’s friends reported she hadn’t gone home, wasn’t answering her phone and hadn’t shown up at her hair salon for work since Feb. 26, police said.

Hernandez was on the phone with her friend Feb. 26 and told him she was planning to go to a home in South Renton, officers said.

“She was very kind, everybody knew her around here - she was very well known,” German Sahagun, one of the owners of a Mexican restaurant next to Hernandez’s hair salon, told KIRO 7.

After recovering evidence through search warrants, police believe Hernandez was taken against her will and that her car isn’t in the area, officers said.

Hernandez drives a white and maroon Ford Flex with Washington plates APR9503, police said on X.

Officers ask anyone who sees Hernandez or her car to call 911, police said.

Renton is about 10 miles southeast of Seattle.

This story was originally published March 6, 2024 at 10:14 AM with the headline "Missing woman who didn’t show up to salon was likely kidnapped, Washington cops say."