MSM link as well
http://www.ktvn.com/story/34638416/reno-area-woman-goes-missing1
Very, very sad.
To the prior police comment about "not endangered" there's pretty specific reasons "missings" will get categorized as endangered (age: very old, very young; medical conditions: autism, Alzheimers, or requiring medication or medical care). I did not see anything to put her in this category. Also, not being endangered severely limits our ability for warrantless forensics.
Sadly, many missing (sometimes despondent) people, who are otherwise healthy adults, aren't investigated for this reason. Sometimes if evidence comes up to indicate they're at risk, they will get investigated. They are however very difficult to investigate. Sometimes we do investigate the "borderline" cases, and often people are evading their friends and family and need time to recover from whatever issue has driven them to leave, and sometimes people are with "friends" (/mistresses!)
One of the detectives I work with is very good at sifting through these and locating people. Many times they are suicides and even though we can't save their lives, we can at least get them back to their families.
When I saw the items left at home, and saw some of her instragram status, it looked to me like this case would probably be a suicide. (nothing has been reported on cause/manner of death, it is just my assumption based on circumstances)
Very sad outcome for her family.