Found Deceased CA - Erin Valenti, 33, from Utah, en-route from Palo Alto to San Jose, 7 Oct 2019

[MassGuy]

Ok. I posted all your good suggestions on the FB page the family monitors. The GPS find is a great one @MassGuy

Let’s just hope the car is equipped with that technology in the first place.

If it is though, finding the car is incredibly important.

 

[rosesfromangels]

I think she knew early on that she was not going to make the 6:40 flight. We don't know when her manic episode started or what triggered it.

I think she was definitely trying to get to SJC, but turned right at 87 instead of left.

 

[rosesfromangels]

Let’s just hope the car is equipped with that technology in the first place.

If it is though, finding the car is incredibly important.

You just reminded of something I need to quickly post on the FB page. Brb...

 

[rosesfromangels]

You just reminded of something I need to quickly post on the FB page. Brb...

Just posted how to check find my phone last location if they haven’t already done so.

 

[Mountain Misst]

Was the 3:30pm sighting when she checked-out of her accommodation?

 

[Andreee]

This is an interesting article that may be relevant here.

Under California law, rental companies cannot activate GPS technology on their vehicles until the car is 5 days past the date it is supposed to be returned.

Because law enforcement believes that she may be voluntarily missing, I doubt they can do anything at this point.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/04/09/can-gps-tracking-stop-customers-from-stealing-rental-cars-in-california-a-new-debate-over-privacy-begins/?outputType=amp

Well, today is day five so maybe the rental company will activate it today? MOO

I wonder if the family knows about this.

 

[indicolite22]

Was the 3:30pm sighting when she checked-out of her accommodation?

Her late check out time was at 2PM.

 

[ApotheKaren]

See snips below from article (emphasis added, mine) - which says a police officer contacted her by phone Monday night and found her to be disoriented. Sounds like there is definitely interest by PD behind the scenes.
Also, friends and family conveying some specific comments she made during the disjointed phone calls, and that her problems seemed to commence after meeting with a "colleague." I sure would want to speak with that colleague and find out more about that encounter! I'm tending more toward the possibility she was given or took something that induced this episode.
It also gives info on what is happening with regard to areas searched, planned to search over the weekend, etc.

Sure hope she is found very soon in good condition!

My apologies if I post more from this article than I should - I found it very informative...

Tech exec who told family “We’re in the Matrix” still missing – East Bay Times

Tech exec who told family “we’re in the Matrix” still missing
...
Relatives continued their frantic search Saturday for a missing young tech executive who they said apparently suffered a manic episode early in the week, telling them in a string of bizarre phone calls that “it’s all a game, it’s a thought experiment, we’re in the Matrix.”
...
“We talked to her for hours on and off” on Monday night, Valenti said. “Her thoughts were disconnected. She talked a mile a minute. She’d say I’m coming home for Thanksgiving, then in the next she was saying she’s in the Matrix,” a reference to a science fiction movie about a virtual reality world.
...
The family planned to hire someone on Saturday with a drone to search the rugged areas of Quicksilver Park in the Almaden Valley. On Friday, they reviewed security camera footage at gas stations and plastered missing fliers throughout Almaden, including the areas around Redmond and Camden avenues and Washoe Drive. Verizon Wireless picked up pings in that area on Monday.
...
Attempts to locate her through “find my phone” apps and other digital search tools have been unsuccessful. During the phone calls with family members Monday night, Valenti said she was low on gas. With a request from the family, a San Jose police officer contacted Valenti by phone Monday night.
“The officer said she wasn’t making any sense. They drove around looking for her on Monday night and never found her,” Valenti’s husband, Harrison Weinstein, said.

When reached by email Saturday, San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia didn’t explain the department’s approach to the case, saying only that “we are not sharing additional information about the investigation at this time.”...
...
During her trip to California the week of Oct. 1, the couple spoke each night, he said, and everything was fine. She stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach for an executive leadership workshop called “Create the Powerful,” and on Thursday flew to San Jose and rented the Nissan. She drove to a tech conference in Monterey late in the week before returning last weekend to the Bay Area to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.

Nothing seemed amiss until she called her parents about 3:30 p.m. on Monday after she met with a former colleague on Sand Hill Road, and said she couldn’t find her rental car. Once she found the car, she stayed on the phone with her parents, her conversation became bizarre.
...

 

[Mountain Misst]

Her late check out time was at 2PM.

Thanks. Apart from the ping location at 1am... do we know the location of this 3:30pm sighting of Erin?

EDIT: Apologies - is in last post. Sand Hill Road.

 

[rosesfromangels]

See snips below from article (emphasis added, mine) - which says a police officer contacted her by phone Monday night and found her to be disoriented. Sounds like there is definitely interest by PD behind the scenes.
Also, friends and family conveying some specific comments she made during the disjointed phone calls, and that her problems seemed to commence after meeting with a "colleague." I sure would want to speak with that colleague and find out more about that encounter! I'm tending more toward the possibility she was given or took something that induced this episode.
It also gives info on what is happening with regard to areas searched, planned to search over the weekend, etc.

Sure hope she is found very soon in good condition!

My apologies if I post more from this article than I should - I found it very informative...

Tech exec who told family “We’re in the Matrix” still missing – East Bay Times

Tech exec who told family “we’re in the Matrix” still missing
...
Relatives continued their frantic search Saturday for a missing young tech executive who they said apparently suffered a manic episode early in the week, telling them in a string of bizarre phone calls that “it’s all a game, it’s a thought experiment, we’re in the Matrix.”
...
“We talked to her for hours on and off” on Monday night, Valenti said. “Her thoughts were disconnected. She talked a mile a minute. She’d say I’m coming home for Thanksgiving, then in the next she was saying she’s in the Matrix,” a reference to a science fiction movie about a virtual reality world.
...
The family planned to hire someone on Saturday with a drone to search the rugged areas of Quicksilver Park in the Almaden Valley. On Friday, they reviewed security camera footage at gas stations and plastered missing fliers throughout Almaden, including the areas around Redmond and Camden avenues and Washoe Drive. Verizon Wireless picked up pings in that area on Monday.
...
Attempts to locate her through “find my phone” apps and other digital search tools have been unsuccessful. During the phone calls with family members Monday night, Valenti said she was low on gas. With a request from the family, a San Jose police officer contacted Valenti by phone Monday night.
“The officer said she wasn’t making any sense. They drove around looking for her on Monday night and never found her,” Valenti’s husband, Harrison Weinstein, said.

When reached by email Saturday, San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia didn’t explain the department’s approach to the case, saying only that “we are not sharing additional information about the investigation at this time.”...
...
During her trip to California the week of Oct. 1, the couple spoke each night, he said, and everything was fine. She stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach for an executive leadership workshop called “Create the Powerful,” and on Thursday flew to San Jose and rented the Nissan. She drove to a tech conference in Monterey late in the week before returning last weekend to the Bay Area to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.

Nothing seemed amiss until she called her parents about 3:30 p.m. on Monday after she met with a former colleague on Sand Hill Road, and said she couldn’t find her rental car. Once she found the car, she stayed on the phone with her parents, her conversation became bizarre.
...

Hold on a second....
There is a CASINO MATRIX right by the airport.....

 

[Andreee]

Hold on a second....
There is a CASINO MATRIX right by the airport.....

Interesting! Also, hopefully the colleagues or former colleagues she met up with just before her episode can be tracked down and questioned or that they come forward to LE or the family.

 

[MJPeony]

See snips below from article (emphasis added, mine) - which says a police officer contacted her by phone Monday night and found her to be disoriented. Sounds like there is definitely interest by PD behind the scenes.
Also, friends and family conveying some specific comments she made during the disjointed phone calls, and that her problems seemed to commence after meeting with a "colleague." I sure would want to speak with that colleague and find out more about that encounter! I'm tending more toward the possibility she was given or took something that induced this episode.
It also gives info on what is happening with regard to areas searched, planned to search over the weekend, etc.

Sure hope she is found very soon in good condition!

My apologies if I post more from this article than I should - I found it very informative...

Tech exec who told family “We’re in the Matrix” still missing – East Bay Times

Tech exec who told family “we’re in the Matrix” still missing
...
Relatives continued their frantic search Saturday for a missing young tech executive who they said apparently suffered a manic episode early in the week, telling them in a string of bizarre phone calls that “it’s all a game, it’s a thought experiment, we’re in the Matrix.”
...
“We talked to her for hours on and off” on Monday night, Valenti said. “Her thoughts were disconnected. She talked a mile a minute. She’d say I’m coming home for Thanksgiving, then in the next she was saying she’s in the Matrix,” a reference to a science fiction movie about a virtual reality world.
...
The family planned to hire someone on Saturday with a drone to search the rugged areas of Quicksilver Park in the Almaden Valley. On Friday, they reviewed security camera footage at gas stations and plastered missing fliers throughout Almaden, including the areas around Redmond and Camden avenues and Washoe Drive. Verizon Wireless picked up pings in that area on Monday.
...
Attempts to locate her through “find my phone” apps and other digital search tools have been unsuccessful. During the phone calls with family members Monday night, Valenti said she was low on gas. With a request from the family, a San Jose police officer contacted Valenti by phone Monday night.
“The officer said she wasn’t making any sense. They drove around looking for her on Monday night and never found her,” Valenti’s husband, Harrison Weinstein, said.

When reached by email Saturday, San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia didn’t explain the department’s approach to the case, saying only that “we are not sharing additional information about the investigation at this time.”...
...
During her trip to California the week of Oct. 1, the couple spoke each night, he said, and everything was fine. She stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach for an executive leadership workshop called “Create the Powerful,” and on Thursday flew to San Jose and rented the Nissan. She drove to a tech conference in Monterey late in the week before returning last weekend to the Bay Area to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.

Nothing seemed amiss until she called her parents about 3:30 p.m. on Monday after she met with a former colleague on Sand Hill Road, and said she couldn’t find her rental car. Once she found the car, she stayed on the phone with her parents, her conversation became bizarre.
...

Welcome and thank you for finding and posting this! Very interesting. Lots of new information.

There is an Instagram post of hers that talks about being in the Matrix. Not sure what that means, but it’s something she’s mentioned before.

 

[rosesfromangels]

Welcome and thank you for finding and posting this! Very interesting. Lots of new information.

There is an Instagram post of hers that talks about being in the Matrix. Not sure what that means, but it’s something she’s mentioned before.

Well the fact there is a Casino Matrix *right next* to the airport seems rather coincidental...?

 

[indicolite22]

See snips below from article (emphasis added, mine) - which says a police officer contacted her by phone Monday night and found her to be disoriented. Sounds like there is definitely interest by PD behind the scenes.
Also, friends and family conveying some specific comments she made during the disjointed phone calls, and that her problems seemed to commence after meeting with a "colleague." I sure would want to speak with that colleague and find out more about that encounter! I'm tending more toward the possibility she was given or took something that induced this episode.
It also gives info on what is happening with regard to areas searched, planned to search over the weekend, etc.

Sure hope she is found very soon in good condition!

My apologies if I post more from this article than I should - I found it very informative...

Tech exec who told family “We’re in the Matrix” still missing – East Bay Times

Tech exec who told family “we’re in the Matrix” still missing
...
Relatives continued their frantic search Saturday for a missing young tech executive who they said apparently suffered a manic episode early in the week, telling them in a string of bizarre phone calls that “it’s all a game, it’s a thought experiment, we’re in the Matrix.”
...
“We talked to her for hours on and off” on Monday night, Valenti said. “Her thoughts were disconnected. She talked a mile a minute. She’d say I’m coming home for Thanksgiving, then in the next she was saying she’s in the Matrix,” a reference to a science fiction movie about a virtual reality world.
...
The family planned to hire someone on Saturday with a drone to search the rugged areas of Quicksilver Park in the Almaden Valley. On Friday, they reviewed security camera footage at gas stations and plastered missing fliers throughout Almaden, including the areas around Redmond and Camden avenues and Washoe Drive. Verizon Wireless picked up pings in that area on Monday.
...
Attempts to locate her through “find my phone” apps and other digital search tools have been unsuccessful. During the phone calls with family members Monday night, Valenti said she was low on gas. With a request from the family, a San Jose police officer contacted Valenti by phone Monday night.
“The officer said she wasn’t making any sense. They drove around looking for her on Monday night and never found her,” Valenti’s husband, Harrison Weinstein, said.

When reached by email Saturday, San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia didn’t explain the department’s approach to the case, saying only that “we are not sharing additional information about the investigation at this time.”...
...
During her trip to California the week of Oct. 1, the couple spoke each night, he said, and everything was fine. She stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Beach for an executive leadership workshop called “Create the Powerful,” and on Thursday flew to San Jose and rented the Nissan. She drove to a tech conference in Monterey late in the week before returning last weekend to the Bay Area to reconnect with old friends and colleagues.

Nothing seemed amiss until she called her parents about 3:30 p.m. on Monday after she met with a former colleague on Sand Hill Road, and said she couldn’t find her rental car. Once she found the car, she stayed on the phone with her parents, her conversation became bizarre.
...

The article also states that her parents last heard from her close to midnight, when she was in the car, driving through the residential neighborhoods of Almaden Valley.

 

[otto]

I think she knew early on that she was not going to make the 6:40 flight. We don't know when her manic episode started or what triggered it. Getting to the airport (she wasn't too far away) and trying to catch another flight would probably have been her next priority.

The fist indication that something was off was when she missed the award ceremony. Anyone know where she was at that time?

When was award ceremony? What reason did she give for missing that event when she spoke to her husband and mother on the way to the airport?

 

[FlamingoLady]

The fact that she says "We're in the Matrix" indicates there is someone with her, or maybe just a symptom of some psychotic break...Schizophrenia? (Although she does not fit the stereotype....Multiple personality disorder? Even Bi-polar could probably present that way?....I don't know...I'm obviously not a physician.) ETA: We're=plural

 

[ApotheKaren]

Welcome and thank you for finding and posting this! Very interesting. Lots of new information.

There is an Instagram post of hers that talks about being in the Matrix. Not sure what that means, but it’s something she’s mentioned before.

Thank you! Quite a long time lurker, but thought that article might add some useful bits.

 

[FlamingoLady]

The fist indication that something was off was when she missed the award ceremony. Anyone know where she was at that time?

When was award ceremony? What reason did she give for missing that event when she spoke to her husband and mother on the way to the airport?

With all due respect, I think the first indication something was off was when she was on the phone for hours with her husband and other family, displaying manic behavior, and missing her flight. ETA: That was Monday night. Award ceremony was Wednesday night.

 

[rosesfromangels]

With all due respect, I think the first indication something was off was when she was on the phone for hours with her husband and other family, displaying manic behavior, and missing her flight. ETA: That was Monday night. Award ceremony was Wednesday night.

This hasn’t been mentioned, but her behavior could also be a response to some traumatic incidence that took place.

Amateur opinion and speculation

 

[indicolite22]

The fist indication that something was off was when she missed the award ceremony. Anyone know where she was at that time?

When was award ceremony? What reason did she give for missing that event when she spoke to her husband and mother on the way to the airport?

The ceremony was the following Tuesday in Utah. She would have attended if she got back on time.