Found Deceased CA - Julia Christine Snyder, 53, Malibu, 8 Feb 2020 *Bipolar*

[PommyMommy]

Malibu Woman With Bipolar Disorder Remains Missing

On Sunday, sheriff's investigators and volunteers in Malibu searched the hillside area NE of the home of Julia Christine Snyder, 53, who suffers from bipolar disorder.

• She was last seen near her home in the 4300 block of Ocean View Drive about 9 p.m. on Feb. 8.
  
• She is without her medications and was last seen wearing a white shirt and flannel pajamas.
• She is white, 5'7" tall, 140 pounds, with long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call the sheriff's Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or 911. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

LA County Sheriffs on Twitter

 

[KatzEye]

Reporter in video says she was staying with her parents. Her own home burned during the Woolsey fire and was being rebuilt.

Malibu Woman With Bipolar Disorder Remains Missing

 

[Elgana]

Her FB, no public posts for over a year though: Julia Snyder

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 15, 2020
Malibu Woman Missing for a Week Prompts Massive Search on Hillside Area

• Officials and volunteers launched a massive search Sat, a week after JS disappeared. They planned to search the hillside northeast of her home from 7 a.m. to sunset.
• Authorities are taking her mental state into consideration, but they don't believe that she has walked off before.
• An unmanned aircraft team, as well as K-9's and technical rescuers have been deployed.

The Local Malibu on Twitter
Serious manpower in the search for Julia Snyder this morning in Malibu. Rescuers from #Malibu, Montrose, Santa Clarita, Sierra Madre, Antelope Valley and San Dimas Search and Rescue teams are on the scene along with detectives from @LASDHQ Homicide Division. PC: @malibusar

11:31 AM - 15 Feb 2020

The Local Malibu on Twitter
Serious manpower in the search for Julia Snyder this morning in Malibu. Rescuers from #Malibu, Montrose, Santa Clarita, Sierra Madre, Antelope Valley and San Dimas Search and Rescue teams are on the scene along with detectives from @LASDHQ Homicide Division. PC: @malibusar

11:32 AM - 15 Feb 2020

The Local Malibu on Twitter

11:33 AM - 15 Feb 2020

SEB on Twitter
#LASD SEB unmanned aircraft team on scene assisting with the Malibu search.

12:15 PM - 15 Feb 2020

 

[PommyMommy]

Malibu Search Rescue on Twitter
#Search for Julia Snyder continues @MalibuSAR @MontroseSAR @SDMLASD @SierraMadreSAR @AltadenaMRT @SCVSHERIFF @LANLASD @PalmdaleSheriff #SAR @SEBLASD



1:25 PM · Feb 15, 2020·Twitter for Android

LA County Sheriffs Search Malibu Hillside For Missing Woman With Bipolar Disorder
A command post was set up in the area of Latigo Canyon Rod and Pacififc Coast Highway to direct the search, which took place on the hillside area northeast of Snyder’s residence.

NIXLE: **2nd UPDATE** LASD is Asking for the Public's Help Locating Critical Missing Person Julia ... from LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB) : Nixle

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 11, 2020
LASD Seeking Public's Help Locating Missing Malibu Woman

FEB 13, 2020
Updated: Search efforts for missing Malibu woman have thus far included helicopters, canines

• She was last seen on foot.
• A helicopter and K-9's were used in the search on Feb. 10 and 11.
• “The searches emanated from the residence where she was living and then into the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the dense brush and over the side areas nearby," Katz said, of the Feb. 10 and 11 efforts. "All homes in the area were checked, and residents were contacted by door knocks.”
• On Saturday, Feb. 15, 50 individuals searched the hillside near the area where JS last was seen. Dogs as well as unmanned aerial vehicles were utilized.
• Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said the search area extended out a couple miles from JS's home, which is surrounded by hills and steep canyons.
• Police have not received any concrete evidence of her being seen elsewhere.
  
• "We have no reason to believe at this point that [there is any] foul play, but we're keeping all our investigative options open," Rodriguez said. "We're not ruling anything out."

FEB 14, 2020
Search Continues For Missing Malibu Woman - Canyon News

 

[Darling136]

Repostet in Nixle yesterday

#MissingMonday #LASD is Asking for the Public's Help Locating Critical Missing Person Julia ... from LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB) : Nixle

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 17, 2020
Search Continues for Missing Malibu Woman With Bipolar Disorder

The video in this article has been updated to include an interview with Julia's mother and one of Julia's friends. It also includes some search video and the construction of her new home.

Biggest takeaways:

• Her mother says Julia saw her psychiatrist a week ago and she was in good spirits; there was nothing to indicate that her mood had changed.
  
• Friends say Julia had been excited about building a new home in the spot where her old house had burned just a block from her parents' house and that she showed no signs of trouble in her life.
  
• Detectives have found no signs of foul play at the home.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 19, 2020
Body found at Malibu home of Julia Snyder, reported missing Feb. 8

• A female body was found at the home.
  
• Investigators are not saying if the body is Julia.
  
• Investigators returned to the property on Wednesday and for the first time crime scene tape was placed around the home.
  
• The department later Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a female adult at the property.

 

[annemc2]

Oh no! So the body was found at her parents' place I'm guessing? Because her own house was not re-built yet?

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 19, 2020
Missing Malibu Woman’s Body Found in Crawl Space of Family Home
The body of a missing Malibu woman was found in the crawl space of the family home Wednesday, authorities and the woman's family said.

Body Found Near Malibu Home Of Missing Woman With Bipolar Disorder
At 3:35 p.m., detectives arrived at the 4300 block of Ocean View Drive in Malibu where a white female adult was pronounced dead.

 

[Seajay]

I heard her body was found in a crawl space and it appears she had been there since she disappeared, on the news tonight. RIP.

 

[MinnyPin]

Maybe I don’t read enough, but I’ve never heard of someone committing suicide and ending up in crawl space...

 

[Elgana]

Oh no, this is so sad. But also very strange. RIP Julia.

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 19, 2020
Missing Malibu woman: Body found in crawl space identified as Julia Snyder, no foul play suspected
A body found at a Malibu home has been confirmed to be missing woman Julia Christine Snyder and no foul play is suspected, officials said Wednesday night.

Rest peacefully, Julia.

 

[PommyMommy]

Maybe I don’t read enough, but I’ve never heard of someone committing suicide and ending up in crawl space...

Odd, huh? Regardless, while LE says they don't suspect foul play, the coroner will determine COD and MOD. This could well be one of those cases where we never find out though. MOO

Missing Woman Found Dead Beneath Her Malibu Area Home; No Foul Play Suspected
[...]

That area hadn't been checked despite three searches of the property in the past 11 days, possibly because a piece of plywood had been placed over the entrance, sheriff's Lt. Barry Hall said.

“It appears to us she’s been there since the day she was reported missing,” Hall told reporters Wednesday evening.

An autopsy will have to be performed before authorities can determine an official cause of death.

[...]

 

[roguelady]

They must have used search/cadaver dogs. Not one hit on that poor woman and she had been missing since Feb. 8. A piece of plywood would not have covered up her scent. This is truly perplexing and so sad.

 

[kelsie]

Maybe I don’t read enough, but I’ve never heard of someone committing suicide and ending up in crawl space...

Sylvia Plath writes about that in her book The Bell Jar.

RIP beautiful Julia.

 

[KatzEye]

Homicide Detectives Shed Light on Julia Christine Snyder Death Investigation

An LA County Sheriff’s Department Homicide investigation into the death of 53-year-old Malibu resident Julia Christine Snyder was still underway as of Monday, March 2, nearly two weeks after the discovery of her body.

 

[PommyMommy]

Homicide Detectives Shed Light on Julia Christine Snyder Death Investigation

Also noting:

...results of the investigation were most likely to be released in three to four weeks from the date of Snyder’s autopsy.