UPDATE, 9/11: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says Jean has been found:

MISSING PERSON UPDATE: Jean Marie Etherton has been located. We will update from the scene within the hour.

We will update again when we know more. 

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Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office release:

The search continues for missing woman Jean Marie Etherton, age 63, of Eureka. We are on day #3 of the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation with continued use of K-9s, ATVs, on-foot deputies and trained SAR volunteers, and a thermal drone.

We are asking residents to please check surveillance camera footage from Sept. 8 between 1 - 7 a.m. and call (707) 445-7252 if you have any footage of her. 

We have involved personnel from California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), Humboldt County OES, as well as Marin, Sonoma, and Santa Clara counties.

Please continue to stay clear of the search area (the wooded area north of Ridgewood Dr. and south of Lundbar Hills) as a thorough search is still being carried out.

UPDATE: The family has confirmed that Jean Etherton is wearing a white hooded jacket with a blue plaid design. (It was previously thought that she was wearing a tie-dye hoodie with pastel colors.) Etherton was seen in a citizen’s video surveillance footage during the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 8, allowing us to confirm this update. Please continue being on the lookout.