New development:
Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania State
Police received news of a sighting of Susan Bachman, who went missing on July
4, 2014. [Details on the sighting are included below.]
How the sighting came to be reported: At the request of
Susan’s family, the internal corporate communications group at the Pilot Flying
J company sent out notice of Susan’s disappearance to all their employees in early
August. When the employees at a Pilot
Flying J in Indiana saw the email, they immediately recognized Susan as a woman
who had caused a disturbance at their store on July 11. That disturbance was
not reported to law enforcement at the time, because the woman did not commit
any crime and left the premises after being asked to do so. At the time, the
location had not yet received the flyer.
The family of Susan is now taking action to follow up on
this sighting, which is the first and only news of Susan since she
disappeared. Bill and Nancy, Susan’s
parents, are taking to the road today, August 8, with the plan to drive west on I-80, looking
for Susan. They plan to stop at every rest stop and truck stop west of I-80,
driving to California in search of Susan. They will be posting updates on the
trip on Facebook, Twitter, and the website:
@FindSusanBachman
Individuals who would like to help are requested to join the
Facebook page and/or follow the Twitter account. Spreading awareness by sending
out the flyer has already led to one sighting of Susan, and we ask members of the
public to share the Facebook page with friends and community groups,
particularly anyone who lives along the I-80 corridor.
Anyone who sees Susan is asked to contact their local
police, and please point the local police to the website so they have full
context on the case. We also ask that anyone with a possible sighting contact
the family at FindSusanBachman@gmail.com
Details:
A truck driver picked Susan up in Pennsylvania, presumably
on July 10, at a truck stop off of I-80, and gave her a ride to a truck stop
near Gary, Indiana. Susan wanted to continue heading west, but this driver was
now turning south, so he dropped her off.
Susan was causing a disturbance at this truck stop, insisting
that other truck drivers give her a ride westbound. The drivers asked the
security guard on site to deal with her.
The security guard on the premises had a fifteen minute
discussion with Susan and then required her to leave the property.
The security guard clearly recalls the incident. That shift
he wrote it up as an incident report, as required for any time he requires
someone to leave the property.
When the security guard asked the woman who caused the disturbance
on July 11 to provide ID, she said that she did not have ID, and refused to
give her name – consistent with the fact that Susan had discarded her wallet in
Brookville, PA.
The woman had bruising on her lower arms – consistent with Susan
having jumped out of the car of her parents on July 4. The wounds did not
appear to be fresh – they were beginning to scab over, consistent with Susan’s
jump having happened one week earlier.
The security guard did ask the woman if the truck driver had
harmed her, and she said no. When he offered to call the police or get her
medical treatment, however, she refused.
Susan left the property, and was last seen walking towards
other truck stops in the local area: a Blue Ox and a TA truck stop. The family’s
hypothesis is that she then hitched a ride with a truck headed westbound on
I-80 at one of these two truck stops.
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