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Search and Rescue called out to look for missing Abbotsford woman

Erica Schmidt. Submitted

Search and Rescue spent a number of hours on Sunday night searching for a missing Abbotsford woman.

59-year-old Erica Grace Schmidt was reported missing Saturday afternoon. Police say she likely left the family home on Timberlane Drive sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, and it appears she left on foot as all the cars were still at the home.

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Friends and family are extremely worried about her. She did not pack any belongings and she does not have a cell phone.

Search and Rescue had no luck locating her Sunday night.

“The team got called out on Sunday evening around 8 o’clock,” said Lee Holeczek, search manager with Central Fraser Valley Search and Rescue. “We currently have about 14 searchers up on Eagle Mountain and McKee Peak searching for the female.”

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“Unfortunately we have no idea where she may be right now.”

Schmidt is 5’4” tall and weighs 140 pounds with short brown hair and blue eyes.  She may be wearing a red hoodie.

Anyone with information about Erica Schmidt should call the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 or text 222973 (abbypd).

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