Beloved coffee shop owner, mother of two disappears near home, urgent search underway

A beloved Oakland, California, java store proprietor and parent of 2 has vanished nether concerning circumstances, prompting an urgent hunt arsenic constabulary pass she whitethorn beryllium astatine hazard owed to a aesculapian condition.

Amy Hillyard, 52, was past seen astir 2 p.m. Wednesday adjacent her location connected Radnor Road successful Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood, not acold from Lake Merritt, according to the Oakland Police Department. A neighbour told KTVU that she near without her cellphone, and authorities said she has not been heard from since.

Investigators person released fewer details astir the quality of her condition, but accidental it is superior capable to classify her arsenic an at-risk missing person.

Hillyard is described arsenic 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing astir 120 pounds, with blonde hairsbreadth and hazel eyes. Police said she was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt, bluish jeans and achromatic sneakers with a achromatic stripe.

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Amy Hillyard, a 52-year-old Oakland java store proprietor and parent of two, was past seen March 25, 2026, and is considered astatine risk, according to police. (Cyrena Hillyard Facebook)

Her disappearance has sent shockwaves done Oakland’s tight-knit community, wherever Hillyard is wide known arsenic the co-owner of a fashionable section café and an progressive assemblage leader.

Friends, employees and customers accidental her lack is profoundly retired of character.

"We privation her home," a erstwhile workfellow told KTVU. "She loves her family, particularly her 2 girls. She’s passionate astir everything she does."

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A missing idiosyncratic poster for Amy Hillyard is displayed successful Oakland, Calif., arsenic constabulary hunt for the at-risk 52-year-old woman. (Oakland Police Department)

Missing posters displaying her photograph present enactment engaged stretches of Grand Avenue and the windows of her café, wherever regulars described her arsenic warm, generous and profoundly connected to the neighborhood.

"The full happening is heartbreaking and shocking," café regular Lynn Lazarus told KTVU.

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Hillyard’s interaction extends good beyond her business. In summation to co-running the café, she operates a consulting practice, wherever she has advised leaders from organizations including Apple, Gap, Electronic Arts and the Marine Mammal Center, according to her website.

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Amy Hillyard co-owns Farley’s java store successful Oakland. (Farley's East Facebook)

She has besides dedicated important clip to nonprofit enactment and assemblage service, serving connected boards and starring pro bono efforts. Hillyard is the committee president of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir.

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In a connection to KTVU, choir officials said the quality has profoundly affected those who cognize her.

"This is incredibly hard quality for our adjacent community. Amy is specified an important portion of our organization, and our hearts are with her and her loved ones arsenic we anticipation for her harmless return," the radical said. "Thank you for holding Amy successful your thoughts and for supporting 1 different during this time."

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Hillyard and her hubby besides run a 2nd café successful San Francisco, further expanding their footprint successful the Bay Area.

Her hubby said successful a connection the household is overwhelmed by assemblage enactment arsenic the hunt intensifies.

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Anyone with accusation astir Hillyard’s whereabouts is urged to interaction the Oakland Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit astatine (510) 238-3641.

Police person not said wherever the lawsuit stands, but stress that clip is captious successful locating at-risk missing individuals.

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].