Silver Alert TX - Myrtle Polk, 88, driving, Dallas, 11 Jun 2024

[DS2021]

Loved ones desperate for answers in search for Myrtle Polk two months after disappearance

Myrtle Polk, 88, was last seen in early June along Indian Creek Trail, driving a Black 2004 Lexus ES 330 sedan.

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DALLAS - More than two months have passed since 88-year-old Myrtle Polk went missing from her Singing Hills neighborhood in Oak Cliff, leaving her tight-knit community of family and friends on a desperate search for answers.

Myrtle Polk was last seen in early June along Indian Creek Trail, driving a Black 2004 Lexus ES 330 sedan, which has also not been located. Given her age and medical history, the Texas Department of Public Safety issued a Silver Alert, and highway signs were activated for several days to assist in the search.

Her only son, Philip Polk, said because of the length of time his mother has been missing, police are no longer able to provide high levels of support for the search efforts.

 

[HIM_Darling]

Thinking about Mrs. Polk today. I wonder if the family has reached out to any of the dive teams that search water for missing people. Or if the police could say if they've searched any bodies of water for her car. I know there aren't many places near her home where she could have gone in the water, but at this point I feel like if she were close to home she would have been found. I do keep coming back to Mountain Creek Lake. Her husband is buried at DFW National Cemetery and looking on street view there are a few places a car could make it into the water near there. I don't know if she often went to visit him, but I know my dad has checked on a few distraught widows when he's been out there visiting his parents graves. Then of course there is the Trinity River and a few other lakes nearby. If only her car had been spotted somewhere, giving seachers a general direction to look in.

 

[freespirit1]

Thinking about Mrs. Polk today. I wonder if the family has reached out to any of the dive teams that search water for missing people. Or if the police could say if they've searched any bodies of water for her car. I know there aren't many places near her home where she could have gone in the water, but at this point I feel like if she were close to home she would have been found. I do keep coming back to Mountain Creek Lake. Her husband is buried at DFW National Cemetery and looking on street view there are a few places a car could make it into the water near there. I don't know if she often went to visit him, but I know my dad has checked on a few distraught widows when he's been out there visiting his parents graves. Then of course there is the Trinity River and a few other lakes nearby. If only her car had been spotted somewhere, giving seachers a general direction to look in.

The fact that her car was never spotted or found is very suspicious and, makes me feel there's a possibility that she may have been abducted from her home.

 

[HIM_Darling]

The fact that her car was never spotted or found is very suspicious and, makes me feel there's a possibility that she may have been abducted from her home.

You're right. I do think its interesting that no doorbell/security cameras saw her car leaving her home. Looking on street view at least a few of her neighbors have them, so I wonder what they show.

 

[Centaurus]

Whenever there is a case like this, I always remember Tanya Rider: Woman Survives 8 Days in Wrecked Car.

Tanya was trapped in her car for 8 days after it went off the road and was stuck in a gully. I'll take a peek on Google maps and see what kind of roads are in the area she was last seen in, I always worry about something like this happening, especially with older folks.

 

[Centaurus]

DBM - duplicate

 

[Centaurus]

Thinking about Mrs. Polk today. I wonder if the family has reached out to any of the dive teams that search water for missing people. Or if the police could say if they've searched any bodies of water for her car. I know there aren't many places near her home where she could have gone in the water, but at this point I feel like if she were close to home she would have been found. I do keep coming back to Mountain Creek Lake. Her husband is buried at DFW National Cemetery and looking on street view there are a few places a car could make it into the water near there. I don't know if she often went to visit him, but I know my dad has checked on a few distraught widows when he's been out there visiting his parents graves. Then of course there is the Trinity River and a few other lakes nearby. If only her car had been spotted somewhere, giving seachers a general direction to look in.

I think you might be onto something there. That cemetary is literally on the water. According to family members on the Official FB page, they have done water searches though. It wouldn't be the first time a car has been missed though.

 

[Teamir]

Thinking about Mrs. Polk today. I wonder if the family has reached out to any of the dive teams that search water for missing people. Or if the police could say if they've searched any bodies of water for her car. I know there aren't many places near her home where she could have gone in the water, but at this point I feel like if she were close to home she would have been found. I do keep coming back to Mountain Creek Lake. Her husband is buried at DFW National Cemetery and looking on street view there are a few places a car could make it into the water near there. I don't know if she often went to visit him, but I know my dad has checked on a few distraught widows when he's been out there visiting his parents graves. Then of course there is the Trinity River and a few other lakes nearby. If only her car had been spotted somewhere, giving seachers a general direction to look in.

You can reach out to Adventures With Purpose. They’ve been really good about responding on the ones I’ve sent them.

 

[HIM_Darling]

You can reach out to Adventures With Purpose. They’ve been really good about responding on the ones I’ve sent them.

Eh, there's been quite a bit of controversy with Adventures with Purpose. Of the sort that made me stop following him. Here's probably not the best place to go into it, but it has to do with CSA and the founding member of the group. In fact everyone else quit the group and he's been harassing them with lawsuits trying to make it so they can't continue to search for missing people on their own or with other people. Someone really in it for kindness/helping families find closure wouldn't be trying to hinder others from also helping.

 

[mlhenn]

Son desperately searching for mother who “vanished into thin air” from Dallas in June 2024

Myrtle Polk, 88, has not been seen for nearly 8 months. Her car, a 2004 Black Lexus ES 330 with Texas license plate BV7-K204, is also missing.

www.nbcnews.com

“I would see her at church every Sunday,” Charlotte told Dateline. “But we talked every day.”

Charlotte called Myrtle later that afternoon. “No answer,” she said. “And I called again. No answer.”

On Monday, June 10, Myrtle’s son Philip — who lives in another state — got a call from one of Myrtle’s neighbors. “And so she’s like, ‘Hey, I just wanted to let you know. It’s Monday, and I, you know, came over to talk to your mom. She’s not here, and I don’t see her car in the garage,’” Philip recounted. Another neighbor drove around the neighborhood looking for Myrtle, but didn’t see her anywhere.

Meanwhile, Philip began to learn about Myrtle’s weekend before she vanished. On Friday, June 7, Myrtle drove herself to the bank. Then she was seen midday on Saturday, June 8. “She had a yard man over doing her yard,” Philip said. “And she was sitting out on the stoop in front of her home, talking to her neighbor.”

Philip spoke with his mother on the phone that day, as well.

Later that evening, Myrtle spoke with a friend on the phone. “There was a lady that she would always talk with every night. The lady told me, she said, ‘We talk every night about 9 o’clock,’” Charlotte said, adding that the friend’s name was Stella. “They talked and she said the last thing [Myrtle] said was, ‘Well, Stella, I have to get off the phone. I’m gonna get up and get my clothes and see what I’m gonna wear to church in the morning.’”

 

[mlhenn]

Son desperately searching for mother who “vanished into thin air” from Dallas in June 2024

Myrtle Polk, 88, has not been seen for nearly 8 months. Her car, a 2004 Black Lexus ES 330 with Texas license plate BV7-K204, is also missing.

www.nbcnews.com

Last day anyone seen or talked to Ms Polk was Saturday, June 8th.

DPD told Dateline via email that Myrtle was last seen “on June 10, 2024, at approximately 12:00 p.m.”

The date conflicts with the information provided by Myrtle’s loved ones. Dateline followed up with Martinez about the conflicting dates, to which he replied, “According to the report, the reporting person travelled to the South Central Patrol Station to report her missing on June 10th and stated she was last seen on June 10th around noon.” The PIO also said, “We do not have any information that would discredit his report, but technically anything is possible.”

“The 10th is not an accurate date, as far as I’m concerned.

 

[meanmaryjean]

A year and no update on Ms. Polk? Her poor family.

 

[wendybtn]

Missing vehicle and missing person may be in water somewhere.