MagnoliaMountain
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Such a fairy-like beauty. I hope there will be answers one day as to what happened to Bridget.
Does anyone have any updates about getting in touch with local shelters and the medical examiner's office?
That is very doable, I think. The problem is that they need to know who they should contact if they find any information and I don't have that info to give them. That's why I requested that a family member/friend contact the mayor's office.
I don't want anyone's personal information, myself.
What about explaining the situation and giving the contact info of the police department in charge of the case? They might accept it if you do that. But I agree, a family member would be idea.
OTOH, wouldn't the police have cleared it with homeless shelters and the medical office?
They do know that Santa Cruz PD is investigating, I mentioned that when I first contacted them.
The department of the Mayor's office that I contacted is involved with homeless outreach and is not part of law enforcement. If someone in outreach did come across her, it probably wouldn't do any good to tell her to contact police - remember, she's more than likely involved in drugs and prostitution.
I'd hope that LE checked with homeless shelters and such when she was reported missing... but that was over 15 years ago and I highly doubt that Santa Cruz PD is actively looking for her. Santa Cruz is over an hour away from San Francisco.
I wish the report was on file with San Francisco instead, since that's clearly where she was last seen.
What I meant to ask was probably badly worded. What I meant was whether shelters and such compare descriptions of missing people with people who walk in.
Would they have received a notice from the police? If not, was the case featured in any newspapers, etc. where it would be seen easily? Would shelters be bound by confidentiality services?
If she went to a shelter, I wonder if the people running the shelter could have recognized her if she had.
When it comes to the medical office, wouldn't they be even more likely to compare the bodies they receive with missing persons? Unless she had some sort of very fake ID and the office didn't expect someone who was apparently doing drugs to have one, then I think that if she had died, her description would have been matched up for identification purposes.
I may be wrong, though. I'm not sure how things work in the US.
I can only guess, so please know that the following is only my opinion.
3. You've mentioned that you've gotten to know the people you meet through the outreach program very well but you also say that chances of anyone remembering Bridged are very slim by this point. What makes you say that? The average person meets many people in 17 years and someone working in a field where they meet many people even more so, but it seems like it could be possible that someone who worked or volunteered at an outreach program at the time could remember her, even if vaguely, no?