The last time Lloyd's best friend, [RM], saw the 37-year-old Walnut Creek woman was on June 10 -- exactly one week before she was reported missing.
“Something seemed off, so I was like, ‘This is a wellness check,’" [RM] tells PEOPLE. “We sat with a glass of wine commiserating, like, ‘Wow, these are crazy times.’"
When [RM] phoned four days later, Lloyd said she needed a mental-health break. “She told me, ‘I’m going to be fine,’" says [RM]. “That’s the last time I spoke to her.”
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Both [RM] and friend [VH] tell PEOPLE that Lloyd had mentioned making new friends before she disappeared. She even reportedly told her roommates on June 14 that people were watching her campsite for her. But investigators have not been able to ascertain the identities of the people Lloyd said she was meeting.
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