WA "Angel” Alleacya Boulia

[Vivyinsect]

Missing from national park trailhead

Local news interview w/ mother

I know her mother. I’m adding this quickly and will come back for more discussion later today.
Her mother mentions that a park maintenance worker’s to-do list was found in her car…

 

[GraceG]

I saw this report initially on the news (I'm originally from Washington State and have a stepbrother that lives in NW WA not far from the park) The car was a rental. From the mother's interview she flew into Port Angeles from St Louis to go "camping". There are no commercial flights into Port Angeles. It's really never had anything more than some unscheduled charter service (which would be extremely expensive for most of us). So she would have flown into SeaTac and driven or driven/taken the ferry. Where did she rent the car from and from whom?

I have a feeling she wasn't experienced camping in this kind of environment. Any online research will warn you that the road to the trailhead where the car was found closes pretty regularly due to early snow in November, and it's a VERY wet cold season. The coat she had on in the photo would not offer any real protection, unless she picked up some heavier rain gear to supplement that at WalMart. Her footwear also, from the photo, does not look adequate for hiking, especially in very slippery (from the rain) rough terrain. Did she buy boots in addition to other things she'd need for that weather (tent, cold weight sleeping bag, heat/fire source, etc?) Hopefully LE can get a list of what she purchased at WalMart for supplies. With temps in the upper 40's in the day, and 30's at night with winter rain foreset weather, hypothermia is a real risk that time of year. https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/port-angeles/98362/november-weather/336342

If the weather had been forecast to be nice (WA can occassionally see some late arrivals of winter weather), there are some camping spots. Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort Campground, Olympic National Park - Recreation.gov. But a look at the historical NOAA radar shows the park area was seeing scattered snow flurries from the date she was seen shopping onward. Radar Data

As to the maintenance worker checklist - it sounds like that person is not a suspect but it's odd certainly. Could she have been interested in obtaining a job as a season trail maintenance worker and got a copy of the checklist by way of introduction to the duties of said position? (there are jobs for it open at USAjobs) At her age, she might have been interested in such a position, I can't think of any other easily explained reason for the checklist.

I recall seeing an unverified reports that her 'equipment was found in the car". May have been a comment on social media though.

 

[sunflowermomma]

I think the photo of her at the grocery store is interesting, she seems to have a full cart of full grocery bags. Did she buy a ton of food and hole up somewhere? The car rental is not that weird to me, she probably rented the car at seatac like most people do when visiting. JMO

 

[GraceG]

I think the photo of her at the grocery store is interesting, she seems to have a full cart of full grocery bags. Did she buy a ton of food and hole up somewhere? The car rental is not that weird to me, she probably rented the car at seatac like most people do when visiting. JMO

I looked further at the photo of the cart - it doesn't look like much in the way camping gear. I agree with you in that the bags are normal grocery type bags, none which look large enough for serious gear. WalMart may be cheap but anyone local will tell you to go to Browns Outdoors in Port Angeles if you are serious about camping off season. Camping in the winter there requires a lot more specialized gear with a rain forest environment that can turn into full-on winter-type weather with little warning - you need layers, fleece/down, wicking base, waterproof shell, insultated boots and a sleep system upgrade (extra warm bag with insulated pads to combat cold and dampness), plus essential safety items like fire starters and navigation tools.

The rental car is Washington registered, probably picked up at Sea Tac or through a private vendor in Seattle (there are 2025 Broncos available for rent cheaper than the rental agencies at the airport if you look online).

I did find where I read that her equipment was found in the car: Mom worries about her daughter reported missing after visiting Olympic National Park in Washington

April Boulia also tells 5 On Your Side investigators found Alleacya's camping equipment and three Subway sandwiches she bought from a Washington-area Wal Mart.. April says police also found an "Olympic Park maintenance worker's checklist" and pool-related equipment "in the trunk of my daughter's rental car."

If she rented the car from a private vender (personally owned vehicle rented to others) the pool equipment might have been the owners.

 

[HELEN_M3L0N]

I'm just wondering why there is pool gear though, especially as there was no said correlation to swimming. Sure, it's camping, she may have wanted to go swimming but not in icy, cold weather? No-one in their right mind would want to go swimming in a freezing lake. It should be a cause for suspicion because that is in no way normal. Unless she planned to stay in a hotel or somewhere with a pool, but unless it's that, it is quite odd and very concerning.

 

[GraceG]

I'm just wondering why there is pool gear though, especially as there was no said correlation to swimming. Sure, it's camping, she may have wanted to go swimming but not in icy, cold weather? No-one in their right mind would want to go swimming in a freezing lake. It should be a cause for suspicion because that is in no way normal. Unless she planned to stay in a hotel or somewhere with a pool, but unless it's that, it is quite odd and very concerning.

As I stated earlier - she may have rented the vehicle from a party other than the rental companies at the airport. (SEA has a number of options for cars such as the 2025 Bronco for rent other than at the terminal rental facilities). Such vehicles may be privately owned. (companies such as Turo in the Seattle area provide rental cars from local "hosts").

As such, the trunk could easily contain an article(s) from the vehicle owner or a previous renter that was forgotten.