8 months ago
CLINTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine State Police Troopers and Game Wardens searched the woods and highway median near I-95 in Clinton for a woman missing since mid-December.
A team of state police troopers walked the median looking for clues while other officers used dogs to search for any sign of 29 year old Sarah Rogers. Game wardens on snowmobiles scoured the fields and zipped down the nearby power line right-of-way, but did not find any trace of the missing woman.
"Well, we haven't found anything," said Leuitenant Don Pomeloy of the Maine State Police. "We are concerned that the snow has covered up most any evidence that we might have of anybody walking off."
Sarah Rogers took off from her home in Barrington, New Hampshire on the morning of December 13th without telling anyone where she was headed. Her car was found abandoned in a snowstorm after it had been driven off the northbound lane of the highway. The car door was left open with the keys in the ignition and her purse was found nearby.
A passing tow truck driver spotted the car and called police to come assist in getting the vehicle back on the road. The trooper investigating the accident noticed footprints leading away from the car and into the southbound lane of the highway where they stopped.
Sarah's father, Robert Rogers, and her stepmother traveled from Florida to Maine to meet with police to discuss the case and to issue a plea for the public's help to find their daughter.
"I just want my daughter back," said Robert Rogers. "I want to know that she is safe and sound. It is a very frustrating, helpless feeling here. I am hopeful, but you know, it is like getting your guts ripped out. I just want to get her home."
Sarah's family says she suffers from a bi-polar disorder and that she can go into a manic state. It was during one of these episodes that she ran out of her house wearing only shorts, a tank top and a light jacket and took off in her car. It was eight hours later when the car was found off the road over 160 miles away.
"She is very paranoid. She can be abrasive in this type of stage," explained Rogers. "Her mind starts racing like a thousand miles a minute and all of a sudden it will shut off and she can go catatonic. So she could just lay down and not be approachable."
Rogers says Sarah has taken off once or twice before, but has always been found in a day or two at the most. He is asking anyone who may have seen Sarah to call either the Maine State Police at 1-800-452-4464 or the Barrington Police Department at 1-603-664-7679.
A candlelight vigil in honor of Sarah and her family will be held in Portland's Monument Square on Sunday January 10 at 5 in the evening.
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