WV WV - Cassie Shelton Sheetz, 23, hiker, Spruce Knob, Monongahela National Forest, 11 Mar 2021

[BadRx]

WV-Cassie Shelton

W.Va. State Police searching for missing hiker at Spruce Knob

 

[Catmommy]

What? Two males made it out at different points but she is still lost?

 

[Catmommy]

Be found safely, Cassie. Or, at least, be found.

 

[BadRx]

I created this because my family back home is chattering about it. Now she won’t come on and share

 

[Catmommy]

Don't feel bad or sad. You are giving Cassie the attention these circumstances need to get home safely. I hope with all my heart that she does.

 

[modesty blaise]

Police say they are not actively searching for the hiker??

 

[swanniee11]

according to family this is her Cassie Shelton

 

[BuckeyeGal]

So was she originally with the 2 males who were located?

And why is it that authorities were no longer looking for her as of 3/15/21?

 

[swedeheart]

Family searching for missing hiker near Spruce Knob

 

[tiffkinsadder]

Family searching for missing hiker near Spruce Knob

Disheartening. Prayers.

 

[slowpoke]

“Shelton said police notified the family that the group of hikers was split up around midnight on Thursday. She said police were told the three hikers were just walking on the trail when it got dark and the group became separated.”
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“The family said Cassie’s father was working with volunteers on searching for any sign of Sheetz on the trail Tuesday morning.

Shelton said the family understands there are different stories online that are circulating but they just want anyone who has information on Sheetz’s whereabouts to come forward.”

Wonder what these “different stories online” are? This poor family.

Family searching for missing hiker near Spruce Knob

 

[spiritseeker31]

Chelsea Shelton, Cassie Shelton Sheetz's aunt, said police notified the family that the group of hikers was split up around midnight on Thursday.


“You know, whether we find her alive, whether we find her passed away, either way, our family needs closure from this and we’re not going to get it until she is found,” Shelton said.
Now family members like Cassie’s sister, Tabitha Black, are constantly looking at their phones, checking old messages and praying for a reply back.

Black said the one message she listens to each night is a voice message from her sister back in January.

“I’m losing Wi-Fi, baby girl. I’ll message you as soon as I get Wi-Fi back, alright. I love you,” Sheetz told her sister in the message.

The family said Cassie’s father was working with volunteers on searching for any sign of Sheetz on the trail Tuesday morning.

Shelton said the family understands there are different stories online that are circulating but they just want anyone who has information on Sheetz’s whereabouts to come forward.
Family searching for missing hiker near Spruce Knob

What do old messages have anything to do with anything?

 

[gribb0]

This is so weird - why are the cops not looking for her? and if they know something why haven't they told the family!!

 

[spiritseeker31]

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[azure]

Chelsea Shelton, Cassie Shelton Sheetz's aunt, said police notified the family that the group of hikers was split up around midnight on Thursday.


“You know, whether we find her alive, whether we find her passed away, either way, our family needs closure from this and we’re not going to get it until she is found,” Shelton said.
Now family members like Cassie’s sister, Tabitha Black, are constantly looking at their phones, checking old messages and praying for a reply back.

Black said the one message she listens to each night is a voice message from her sister back in January.

“I’m losing Wi-Fi, baby girl. I’ll message you as soon as I get Wi-Fi back, alright. I love you,” Sheetz told her sister in the message.

The family said Cassie’s father was working with volunteers on searching for any sign of Sheetz on the trail Tuesday morning.

Shelton said the family understands there are different stories online that are circulating but they just want anyone who has information on Sheetz’s whereabouts to come forward.
Family searching for missing hiker near Spruce Knob

What do old messages have anything to do with anything?

I think she's just saying she's listening to the sound of her sister's voice every night because she misses her.

 

[Catmommy]

They were hiking at midnight?

 

[swanniee11]

Midnight in the woods is concerning. I wonder if they were partying etc and these guys are afraid to get in trouble? Maybe they can tell them to show where they were all together last and which way each one went to help locate her and if there's no sign of foul play they're off the hook. IMO

 

[Rosegold68]

how do you get separated? instinct would be to stay together if lost surely? even to stop for the night to wait for daylight

were they being chased? wildlife?

 

[swedeheart]

how do you get separated? instinct would be to stay together if lost surely? even to stop for the night to wait for daylight

were they being chased? wildlife?

Yeah....this story is pretty hokey.

 

[azure]

Midnight in the woods is concerning. I wonder if they were partying etc and these guys are afraid to get in trouble? Maybe they can tell them to show where they were all together last and which way each one went to help locate her and if there's no sign of foul play they're off the hook. IMO

I'm sitting on the fence (and to some degree my hands) about this "hiking" story. It appears the police don't think she's out there.