Family ramps up search for missing coffee shop owner, mother of two, urges public to check cameras

The household of a missing Oakland concern proprietor is ramping up hunt efforts crossed the East Bay, calling connected residents to reappraisal information footage arsenic volunteers and instrumentality enforcement widen the hunt.

About 60 radical from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office joined the search, which began astir 8 a.m., with communal assistance teams from Contra Costa and Marin counties besides assisting, arsenic good arsenic volunteers, according to KTVU. 

Amy Hillyard, 52, disappeared March 25 astir 2 p.m. aft she was seen walking on Radnor Road successful Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood, according to authorities. Nearly a week later, her whereabouts stay unknown.

"The hunt to bring Amy location continues, and we stay hopeful," household person Sarah Wachs told Fox News Digital. "We’ve had hundreds of radical travel unneurotic to look for Amy."

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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. (KTVU)

Oakland constabulary said Monday that Hillyard's household had asked for different search, SFGate reported.

Authorities person classified Hillyard arsenic an at-risk missing idiosyncratic owed to a aesculapian condition. Wachs told Fox News Digital that she is dealing with a wellness information that whitethorn permission her disoriented and successful request of help, but declined to stock further details to support her privacy.

According to Wachs, hunt efforts present see Oakland police, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office and neighboring search-and-rescue teams. Volunteers person been combing hiking trails, canvassing neighborhoods and checking successful with section businesses successful hopes of uncovering immoderate hint of Hillyard.

The household is present urging residents, peculiarly successful Cleveland Heights, Lake Merritt, the Lakeshore District and Crocker Highlands, to cheque location surveillance systems for imaginable sightings opening the day she vanished.

Hillyard is described arsenic 5-foot-4, astir 120 pounds, with blonde hair. Police precocious clarified she was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt, airy bluish jeans and achromatic sneakers with a achromatic stripe, updating an earlier statement of antithetic clothing.

Authorities person classified her arsenic an at-risk missing idiosyncratic owed to a aesculapian information and issued an endangered missing alert Sunday evening, sending notifications to mobile phones crossed the East Bay days aft her disappearance. A neighbour told KTVU that Hillyard near without her cellphone and has not been heard from since.

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Amy Hillyard is seen with a canine successful an undated photo. The 52-year-old has been missing since March 25. (Emily Hillyard family)

As interest grows, missing-person flyers person dispersed passim Oakland and San Francisco, appearing adjacent Jack London Square, on Grand Avenue and astatine the Powell Street BART station, SFGate reported. Posters person besides been displayed astatine Farley’s East java shop, the East Bay café Hillyard co-owns with her husband.

Despite the expanding search, her hubby said the household is inactive searching for answers.

"Missing since 2 p.m. Wednesday. That’s each we know," Chris Hillyard said successful a connection to SFGate.

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Amy Hillyard is seen seated astatine a edifice successful an undated photo. Authorities accidental she is considered astatine risk. (Emily Hillyard family)

The lawsuit has resonated profoundly successful the community, wherever friends picture Hillyard arsenic a connector and leader.

"She’s the benignant of idiosyncratic that collects people, brings radical together," person Serena Khaira said astatine a vigil Sunday, according to KTVU. "When you person a problem, she’s mostly the archetypal idiosyncratic you scope retired to."

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

In summation to co-running Farley’s Coffee, Hillyard operates a consulting signifier and has advised leaders astatine large organizations including Apple, Gap, Electronic Arts and the Marine Mammal Center, according to her website. She has besides been profoundly progressive successful nonprofit and assemblage work, serving connected boards and starring pro bono efforts.

Hillyard presently serves arsenic committee president of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir. In a connection to KTVU, the enactment said her disappearance has shaken the community. 

"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.

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Amy Hillyard, a java store proprietor and parent of two, is seen holding flowers successful an undated photo. (Emily Hillyard family)

Farley’s Coffee itself is simply a profoundly rooted household concern with a agelong Bay Area history. Founded successful 1989 by Roger Hillyard successful San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, the café was named aft his grandfather, Jack Farley, who disappeared successful the 1920s. 

The concern was aboriginal passed to Roger’s son, Chris, and Amy, who helped grow it into the East Bay and section airports. The institution describes itself arsenic a assemblage hub built connected connection, contented and shared space—values that galore accidental Hillyard embodied.

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Amy Hillyard is seen astatine a gathering with prepared nutrient successful an undated photo. Friends accidental she brought radical together. (Emily Hillyard family)

In a statement, the concern said, "Our hearts spell retired to Amy and her household and friends during this hard time. She has been a passionate and progressive subordinate of the Oakland assemblage for 20+ years. We anticipation that she returns safely, and we admit immoderate information."

Hundreds of radical gathered adjacent Lake Merritt implicit the play for a candlelight vigil, underscoring the increasing urgency and wide interest surrounding her disappearance.

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Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction the Oakland Police Department. The household is besides asking those with imaginable video oregon tips to travel guardant arsenic the hunt intensifies.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Oakland Police Department for updates connected the search, but did not instantly person a response. 

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