US Virgin Islands - Hannah Upp, 32, St. Thomas, 14 Sept 2017

[dotr]

Possible re post.. rbbm.
2019
Hannah Upp missing teacher suffers dissociative fugue amnesia in St Thomas during a hurricane | Daily Mail Online
''She was diagnosed with a rare condition known as 'dissociative fugue' - a temporary form of amnesia in which one forgets their identity but can maintain the ability to survive and perform regular tasks. Some sufferers wander off for days, weeks, months and sometimes years while occasionally adopting a new personality.''

'''You can know Hannah for a long time and not know pretty substantial things about Hannah's life,' said Guzman on the documentary. Behind the bubbly façade she knew that the Upp might have 'been struggling with things that weren't on the surface.'

Hannah Upp was raised in Oregon as the daughter of two Methodist ministers. Her parents divorced when she was 15-years-old and her father moved abroad to preach the gospel to native tribes in Africa and Southeast Asia. Growing up in a very conservative Christian household caused Upp to struggle with her identity as a young student on her own at the prestigious Bryn Mawr College. According to The New Yorker, her strict father believed that 'there is no such human as a natural homosexual' but by the time Upp reached her third year at university, she was dating a woman. Curiously, both 2008 and 2013 fugues occurred after Upp had returned home from travelling with her father abroad.''

''Upp first went missing in 2008 in New York City for 20 days, she was rescued by a Staten Island Ferryman that found her floating in the harbor. Upp experienced her second fugue in 2013, when she vanished for two days and 'came-to' in a dirty residential creek in Maryland. Both times, she had no recollection of what happened or how much time had passed when she finally snapped out of the fugue''

''Upp's friend, Maggie Guzman said, 'She was the center of the party, whatever she was doing, she was intensely doing' whether it was work, hobbies, friends or sports and especially swimming. Upp was naturally drawn to water and when she went missing in 2017, friends and family told Guzman to 'look by water' because in two previous fugues, Upp had been discovered in water''

 

[scriabina]

Possible re post.. rbbm.
According to The New Yorker, her strict father believed that 'there is no such human as a natural homosexual' but by the time Upp reached her third year at university, she was dating a woman. Curiously, both 2008 and 2013 fugues occurred after Upp had returned home from travelling with her father abroad.''

That makes perfect sense to me. Dissociative fugues often are preceded by trauma. It was probably very upsetting for Hannah to spend time with her homophobic father when she herself had bi/homosexual tendencies. It may have caused an identity crisis that triggered the dissociations. Natural disasters (like a hurricane in this case!) can also trigger dissociative states.

 

[Shamrock1]

That makes perfect sense to me. Dissociative fugues often are preceded by trauma. It was probably very upsetting for Hannah to spend time with her homophobic father when she herself had bi/homosexual tendencies. It may have caused an identity crisis that triggered the dissociations. Natural disasters (like a hurricane in this case!) can also trigger dissociative states.

Just to add some context: she attended a Seven Sister. Bryn Mawr. Very, very bi/lesbian friendly. Not pleasant to hear that kind of statement when it applies to many of her recent college colleagues, or if she saw her bi/lesbian friends getting the kind of welcome she perhaps wished for herself. JMO - she was only a year or two from my class there.

 

[Ruthless Cutie]

Does anyone know what color her car was? I'm looking at satellite images and was hoping to narrow down the time if possible.

 

[dotr]

Does anyone know what color her car was? I'm looking at satellite images and was hoping to narrow down the time if possible.

Looked around to find the colour of the car, no luck so far, adding a re -post fwiw.

 

[Ruthless Cutie]

Found it, a black Suzuki!

 

[RedHaus]

Does anyone know what color her car was? I'm looking at satellite images and was hoping to narrow down the time if possible.

Like @dotr, I tried without luck, but looks like you found it! Congrats. I presume you know the last sighting of HU was 9/14/2017 and shortly after she disappeared her car was found at Sapphire Beach, St. Thomas, USVI with belongings in it.

On the Find Hannah Upp Facebook page, which is public, the PI's contact information (email and phone) is published. Perhaps he can help guide you on what searching has been done vis a vis satellite images and what still needs to be done.

 

[friendlysleuther]

Bump

 

[Deleted member 235284]

Crazy case how she went missing three times it total.

Family must really regret not having her get a tracking thing, Though that is far from full proof.

I imagine she just drowned. Sad.

 

[RedHaus]

From November, 2024 in St. Thomas.

St. Thomas school honors missing teacher

ST. THOMAS — With a mixture of joy and tears, Hannah Upp’s loved ones gathered Friday to share memories of her time as a teacher at the V.I. Montessori School

www.virginislandsdailynews.com

 

[Cascadia Mount]

Crazy case how she went missing three times it total.

Family must really regret not having her get a tracking thing, Though that is far from full proof.

I imagine she just drowned. Sad.

Yes, I know the family loved Hannah and did all they could, that is something I just don't understand,

 

[CityKid]

I clicked here because I remembered her name from her 2008 NYC disappearance, and I had no idea that she disappeared twice since then. This is so tragic for her loved ones.