PA - Chloe Elizabeth Stein, 23, charged with faking own abduction, Hempfield Twp, 1 May 2023

[GuyfromCanada]

GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- Police are looking for a 23-year-old woman from Jeannette who is believed to be in danger after her car was found abandoned in Greensburg.

Chloe Stein hasn't been heard from since 11 p.m. Monday. Police issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory for her, saying they believe she may be at special risk of harm or injury.

Her mom said Stein finished working at the Sonic in Hempfield Township after 10, dropped off a co-worker, came back, then headed home.

More at Police looking for 23-year-old Chloe Stein, whose car was found abandoned in Greensburg

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Chloe Stein, 23, was last seen leaving the Sonic restaurant off Route 30 in Hempfield around 10:30 p.m. Monday after she was finished working at the eatery, police said. She was driving a white Volkswagen Beetle, which was found abandoned underneath the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass between North Greengate Road and Grapeville.

Jeannette woman missing since late Monday found safe Tuesday night

State police said Tuesday night that they located a woman who had been reported missing earlier in the day, prompting a search by helicopter in a wooded area of Hempfield. Chloe Stein, 23, was found safe at a home in Jeannette around 8 p.m., according to Trooper Steve Limani. She

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Westmoreland County 911 confirms state police and fire units are on Radebaugh Road in Hempfield Township. Sky 4 over the scene saw officers investigating the abandoned car.

State police searching for missing Westmoreland County woman after car found abandoned

State police say she was driving a white Volkswagen Beetle, located Tuesday abandoned along Radebaugh Road.

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I wonder which location is correct?

 

[JennieM]

Amos K Hutchinson Bypass to Radebaugh Road

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[JennieM]

Channel 11′s Rich Pierce spoke with Stein’s boyfriend and will have a LIVE report from the scene as crews work to find her on 11 News at 6 p.m.

Young woman reported missing out of Hempfield Township charged after incident deemed hoax

She is now facing charges for the incident.

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[JennieM]

Hempfield Township to Radebaugh Road

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[AzPistonsGirl]

this young woman's missing case will get a lot of attention. I hope she is found safe and I wish more cases of missing women will get the same coverage this one will if she is not located soon.

 

[Jenesaisquoi]

I hope she is found safe.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Chloe is set to graduate from Penn State this weekend. She lives in Jeannette.

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[Christy]

Police looking for 23-year-old Chloe Stein after her car was found abandoned in Greensburg

This article says the boyfriend (with friends) was also the one to locate her car. Do we know if the boyfriend tried contacting her throughout the night? It’s just odd if he didn’t. If I’m on the phone with anyone, friend or parent, they are going to want to know what happened at my traffic stop.

 

[flowermama]

Poor Chloe! This girl is on my heart this evening. I can’t imagine what her parents and loved ones are going through!!
I went to Penn State in 2001 and I’m from the suburbs outside of Pittsburgh. I am going to be reading up on everything about this situation when I can later.
I was thinking…. It’s just so brazen and odd to actually attempt to impersonate an officer. I googled about it and was surprised to see this from February… only a few months ago. I wonder where this guy is now…

Man who allegedly pulled over off-duty officer charged with impersonating a police officer

Another officer called to the scene pulled him over and Barton allegedly said he was an assistant chief for a local department and that’s why he was using the light.

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We’re all thinking of you, Chloe!

 

[Christy]

I don’t know if this is allowed because I can only find it on Facebook… but this is the Pennsylvania State Police news conference about this case. STATE POLICE in Greensburg on Search for missing Penn State senior, Chole Stein, 23 of Jeannette. ️Missing Person️ PSP is searching Chloe Stein 23... | By Jennifer Borrasso -TV News | Facebook

 

[JennieM]

I don’t know if this is allowed because I can only find it on Facebook… but this is the Pennsylvania State Police news conference about this case. STATE POLICE in Greensburg on Search for missing Penn State senior, Chole Stein, 23 of Jeannette. ️Missing Person️ PSP is searching Chloe Stein 23... | By Jennifer Borrasso -TV News | Facebook

You are allowed police FB pages, thanks for the news conference link!

 

[Springrain]

It’s just so brazen and odd to actually attempt to impersonate an officer

It's definitely very brazen but sadly not that unusual.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

I don’t know if this is allowed because I can only find it on Facebook… but this is the Pennsylvania State Police news conference about this case. STATE POLICE in Greensburg on Search for missing Penn State senior, Chole Stein, 23 of Jeannette. ️Missing Person️ PSP is searching Chloe Stein 23... | By Jennifer Borrasso -TV News | Facebook

At 2:15 of the video the police says that a passer by saw Chloe's car parked at the location where it was later found at about 10 after 11 PM (on May 1). So the timeframe is about 30 minutes from when Chloe texted her bf that she was pulled over by police.

 

[JennieM]

Timeline from news conference

May 1

• Leaves work (Sonic restaurant) with a co-worker, takes them home, then returns to work because she had keys that had to go back to work, her manager notifies her about that and she drives back to Sonic to return the keys.
• Roughly 10:30pm - last seen by her manager at Sonic.
• Maybe 3-4 min later - arrives to the location to where her vehicle is found.
• Roughly 10:40pm - she sends message to her boyfriend.
• 11:10pm - eyewitness sees the car but no one inside.

May 2

• A family member reports her missing to the state police after lunchtime when they came across the vehicle.

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[ifindedout]

There's an abandoned railroad tunnel nearby, Radebaugh Old Tunnel, it was an extra mainline track decades ago for what was the Pennsylvania Railroad, now part of Norfolk Southern. Hopefully LE and searchers will check it.

PRR Radebaugh Old Tunnel (abandoned) - Wikimapia

Original 1852 bore that was eventually augmented by a newer more direct alignment. After the new tunnel was daylighted in 1965 the old tunnel soldiered on carrying the #3 track until Hurricane Agnes collapsed it in 1972.

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Alignment on OpenRailway Map:

It is not to be confused with the Witches' Tunnel, or Carr's Tunnel, located much further to the east.

Carr's Tunnel - Wikipedia

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[sds71]

@PAStatePolice


Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Chloe Stein was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RTs.

 

[Eloise]

@PAStatePolice


Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE: Chloe Stein was located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RTs.

awesome! I actually wasn't expecting this so no matter what happened, this is great news

 

[GuyfromCanada]

What a relief!

 

[JennieM]

Hempfield Township to Radebaugh Road

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Corrected the map to start from the restaurant location:

Sonic Drive-In to Radebaugh Road

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