{"id":2411713,"date":"2025-03-09T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/statewide-search-yields-nothing-after-95-year-old-woman-vanishes-into-thin-air\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:51:21","slug":"statewide-search-yields-nothing-after-95-year-old-woman-vanishes-into-thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/statewide-search-yields-nothing-after-95-year-old-woman-vanishes-into-thin-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Statewide Search Yields Nothing After 95-Year-Old Woman Vanishes Into Thin Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstatewide-search-yields-nothing-after-95-year-old-woman-vanishes-into-thin-air%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the search for 95-year-old Belva Day, who went missing on February 6 near Mountain Home, Arkansas,\u200c has intensified over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">past month<\/a>. after last \u2064being seen driving her \u2064beige Buick LeSabre following a trip\u200c to pay her electric bill, \u2063cameras captured her leaving Mountain home and later spotted her near Gepp, Arkansas. A Silver Alert was activated as authorities struggled to track her whereabouts, especially since she did not have a debit card\u200d or GPS technology. <\/p>\n<p>Rescue efforts led by the institution Chaos Divers focused on known accident spots, while aerial searches were conducted by both police and other agencies. Days later, investigators revealed that a vehicle believed to be Day&#8217;s was found in a ravine near Jacksonville Air Force Base, approximately three hours from her last known location.Tragically, a body, \u200bpresumed to\u2063 be Day, was discovered inside the vehicle and is undergoing \u2064identification and autopsy by the Arkansas State crime Lab. The search operation has been a source of hope for her family, who remain eager for answers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The search continued for a missing elderly woman who mysteriously disappeared more than a month ago near Mountain Home, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Belva Day, 95, went missing on Feb. 6 and was last seen driving her beige-colored Buick LeSabre after paying her electric bill, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/news\/state-news\/family-speaks-on-ongoing-search-for-95-year-old-woman-missing-from-mountain-home-for-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KARK-TV<\/a> in Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Police initially said cameras captured her leaving Mountain Home but confirmed another sighting near Gepp, Arkansas, 20 minutes later, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/95-year-old-last-seen-driving-disappeared-into-thin-air-11687213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, police activated a Silver Alert.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No maps. No GPS. No phone. I mean she could be lost. She could be just still wandering the streets and driving around,&rdquo; Jacob Grubbs, head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-sister-says-hiker-still-missing-grand-canyon-flash-flood-amid-intrepid-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search and rescue<\/a> organization Chaos Divers, said of the situation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know exactly where she&rsquo;s been since she doesn&rsquo;t have a debit card and we can track her that way. So all we&rsquo;re doing today and tomorrow is clearing out the most prominent accident spots. It&rsquo;s all we can do,&rdquo; Grubbs said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Silver Alert<\/p>\n<p>Belva Day of Mtn. Home, Arkansas, has been missing since February 6. Her vehicle was last seen on camera in Batesville, Arkansas. She is 95-years-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOmJXH1r4q\">https:\/\/t.co\/rOmJXH1r4q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kathy Wyrick (@KathyWyrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathyWyrick\/status\/1892417998360567976?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chaos Divers searched for Day in Arkansas&rsquo; White River but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hopefully we can bring her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-children-stabbed-to-death-in-calif-mother-detained\/\" title=\"3 children stabbed to death in Calif., mother detained\">home safely<\/a>, and if not then it&rsquo;s a sad day, but at least we can give her answers,&rdquo; Grubbs said.<\/p>\n<p>The organization later paused its search to help other families in the state, but it planned to return.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Home Police Department Investigator Sam Seamans said police couldn&rsquo;t locate Day either, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/local\/mountain-home-95-year-old-belva-day-missing\/91-4a3ebdab-6b66-42de-8b55-5548931c5ae2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTHV-TV<\/a>&nbsp;in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had a total of four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dei-die-operator-crashed-delta-plane-obsessed-removing-men-cockpits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aviation<\/a> searches for her, two state police helicopter flights, a local Baxter County helicopter flight. There&rsquo;s been a fixed wing flight that was, I think, arranged by the family. We&rsquo;ve had state troopers drive all the possible routes looking off the sides of the roads and ravines,&rdquo; MHPD investigator Sam Seamans said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just like she just disappeared into <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">thin air<\/a>. There are so many possible routes after Gepp, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arkansas-leads-charge-china-gov-sanders-unveils-follow-offensive-booting-communists-natural-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas,<\/a> where she was last seen on the sixth. You just go down the road a few miles, and you already have options to turn right, and then you have options further down the road to turn left,&rdquo; Seamans said.<\/p>\n<p>But on Tuesday the case took a turn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmountainhomepolice%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0szAioALWCAZE1n4JqrwT423HuNQbsxv5fzWWMnTfzmdAjVwFEiH9RMKhtiQGS2UJl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"604\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mountain Home Police Chief Eddie Griffin announced that a vehicle, believed to be Day&rsquo;s, was discovered near Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>A maintenance crew discovered the car in a ravine near Jacksonville Air Force Base, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\/p\/18VFuPa9w3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MHPD post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was a body, believed to be Day&rsquo;s, inside the vehicle, which was sent to Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy and identification, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ky3.com\/2025\/03\/05\/missing-elderly-mountain-home-woman-found-dead-crashed-vehicle-3-hours-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KYTV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The base was a three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cussin-cheerleaders-supreme-court-case-could-pose-challenge-for-woke-schools\/\" title=\"Cussin\u2019 Cheerleader\u2019s Supreme Court Case Could Pose Challenge for Woke Schools\">-hour drive<\/a> from Mountain Home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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She was last seen on February 6 driving her beige Buick LeSabre after settling her electric bill, as reported by KARK-TV in Little Rock. Initially, police confirmed that surveillance footage showed her leaving Mountain Home and later spotted her near Gepp, Arkansas about 20 minutes afterward, according to People. A Silver Alert was issued days later. Jacob Grubbs from the search and rescue group Chaos Divers expressed concerns about her lack of navigation tools: &#8220;No maps. No GPS. No phone&#8230; she could be lost or just wandering.&#8221; Grubbs noted that without a debit card to track her spending, their efforts were focused on searching high-traffic accident areas.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos Divers conducted searches in the White River but found no leads regarding Day&#8217;s whereabouts. Grubbs hoped for a safe return but acknowledged the possibility of needing to provide closure if they couldn&#8217;t find her alive. The organization paused its search temporarily to assist other families but intended to resume later.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Home Police Department Investigator Sam Seamans shared that extensive aerial searches had been conducted with state police helicopters and local resources looking along potential routes she might have taken after being last seen in Gepp: &#8220;It\u2019s like she just disappeared into thin air.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, on Tuesday there was a significant development when Police Chief Eddie Griffin announced that a vehicle believed to belong to Day was found near Little Rock in a ravine close to Jacksonville Air Force Base by maintenance workers. A body thought to be hers was located inside the car and has been sent for autopsy and identification at the Arkansas State Crime Lab; this location is approximately three hours from Mountain Home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Belva.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3873,33705,51832],"class_list":["post-2411713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elderly","tag-missing-persons","tag-search-operations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Belva.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411717,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411713\/revisions\/2411717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}