Post by Scumhunter on May 31, 2018 0:01:09 GMT -5
(Above images: Baliton, circa 2017. Photo Credits: Charley Project)
Missing Person Profile as of May 31st, 2018: (Based on Charley Project website profile)
Missing Since: 5/13/2017
Missing From: Berkeley, California
Date of Birth: 5/07/1976 (42 years old as of 5/31/2018)
Age (at time of disappearance): 41 years old
Height and Weight: 5'7, 150 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A tan jacket, a red sweater and a scarf.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Baliton is of Filipino descent.
TIPS: Anyone having information should call the University of California at Berkeley Police Department at (510)-642-6760
From The Charley Project:
Details of Disappearance
Baliton was last seen in Berkeley, California on May 13, 2017. She worked as the live-in caregiver for an 80-year-old Chinese woman who lived in Hong Kong. The woman and Baliton went to the United States so the woman could see her granddaughter graduate from the University of California at Berkeley. During the trip, Baliton disappeared.
The family was at an on-campus restaurant called the Cafe Strada at 9:00 a.m. when Baliton said she had to go to the bathroom. The Cafe Strada's bathroom was out of order, so she left the restaurant to look for one elsewhere. She never returned and has never been heard from again.
The circumstances of Baliton's disappearance are unclear. Her employers are afraid for her safety, as she was unfamiliar with the United States. She had been working for that family for fourteen years, and, prior to taking the job in Hong Kong, she lived in the Philippines. Her case remains unsolved.
charleyproject.org/case/virgie-baliton
Thoughts? This is a bizarre case. Virgie leaves a cafe to find a restroom in a college town in broad daylight and is never seen again. Obviously you fear the worst-case scenario, which is someone somehow abducted her. Perhaps she got in someone's car after they offered to help her find a restroom but they had less than altruistic motives. Then there's also still sad but what I consider to be the most realistic "best-case" scenario in which Virgie had some sort of on-set dementia (which would have a tragic irony since she was caring for an elderly person) and simply does not really know who she really is at the moment. The reason I say best case is that she'd still be alive. Hopefully her disappearance can be solved.
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