Please Help Us!

My cousin's daughter, Alyssa, is a young engineer living in Denver Colorado.  Her friend Amy Ahonen       has been missing since late last week.  The last time Amy was in contact with anyone was Thursday July 7th.  There has been a missing persons report filed, and the police, friends and family are desperatly trying to figure out what has happened to Amy.


 This is the news report from yesterday.


JEFFERSON COUNTY - Members of the Alpine Rescue Team spent the day on Monday walking alongside a swift-moving Clear Creek in hopes of finding out what might have happened to a 38-year-old woman from Denver.

"We really don't know where she might have gone," Alpine Rescue Team spokesperson Bill Barwick said.
The Denver Police Department says Amy Ahonen was last seen at her Denver home on Friday. The interior decorator did not show up for work that same day.

That night, a patrolman with the Colorado State Patrol, tagged Ahonen's 2005 Jeep Liberty in a turnout area of Highway 6 about 15 miles of Golden. Ahonen had yet to be reported missing at the time, so the state trooper simply marked it as unattended and left.

Saturday was Ahonen's 38th birthday, a fact that left Ahonen's friends deeply concerned when they were unable to reach the woman who they describe as friendly and sociable.

On Sunday, they called the Denver Police Department. Not long after that call, Denver Police noticed that Ahonen's car had been "tagged" by the State Patrol and notified the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

When deputies arrived, they found the SUV still there and no sign of Ahonen. Members of the Golden Fire Search and Rescue Team spent a few hours on Sunday night looking for her, but their efforts were cut short by nightfall.

On Monday, Barwick and about 20 members of the Alpine Rescue Team responded to the area. Of chief concern, said Barwick, is Clear Creek, which remains swollen from recent rains and continuing snow melt.

"That water is moving very fast," Barwick said.

If she fell in, he conceded, that it would be very difficult to quickly find a body.

Barwick says Ahonen's keys, wallet, and cell phone were found inside the Liberty leading him to believe that she didn't plan on walking too far that day. He also says the car was left unlocked.

While the parking/turnout area is close to a couple of trailheads, it's not an obvious place to park for either. Immediately to the north is a steep cliff that would be difficult, although not impossible, to scale.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said on Monday there are no immediate signs of foul play.

"There was nothing left at the scene that led us to any sort of conclusion," spokesperson Jacki Kelley said. "The scene itself told us literally nothing."

Kelley says no note was left behind.

"There's a need for us to keep all possibilities on the table. There are a number of options and scenarios that could be at play here," she said.

Kelley also says a bloodhound called to the scene did locate a scent that led down to the creek, but added that the weekend brought with it a lot of heavy rain to the area. Bottom line, she said, it could mean very little because of that.

The Denver Police Department sent out a missing persons report on Monday seeking assistance in its investigation.

If you think you have seen this woman, please call the your local police or the Denver Police.


Thank You...

And please keep Amy in your prayers.