{"id":33790,"date":"2023-07-17T14:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=33790"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T18:19:45","slug":"auburndale-woman-missing-for-weeks-volunteers-plan-to-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/07\/17\/auburndale-woman-missing-for-weeks-volunteers-plan-to-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburndale woman missing for weeks; volunteers plan to search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sisters and aunts of Tonya Whipp, 38, want the public to get involved in the search for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you could, just keep an eye out for her. Share it on your Facebook, if you have Facebook,\u201d Whipp\u2019s sister Donna Martin told people who live around Caroline Avenue, where Whipp was last seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Auburndale police, in late May, Whipp\u2019s boyfriend said she was home when he left for work and was gone when he returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would not have a reason for her just to disappear. There\u2019s no reason for it,\u201d said Robin Klotzbier, Whipp\u2019s sister. \u201cI know something\u2019s wrong. I just want to know what.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klotzbier received a message from Whipp\u2019s Facebook account on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been going through a lot and have been thinking really hard about what I really want. I\u2019m Ok. I don\u2019t want to talk and when I do, I\u2019ll call you,\u201d it said, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt worried me but was it suspicious? No, not at the moment,\u201d said Klotzbier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was over six weeks ago. Now, fears have set in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[I\u2019m concerned about] where she\u2019s at, who she\u2019s with. It\u2019s not like her to just up and disappear, not communicate with anyone, cut everyone off. Some of her bills are not paid. It\u2019s not like her,\u201d Klotzbier added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Auburndale Police Chief Terry Storie, at this time, there are no signs a crime was committed. However, to him, the length of time is troubling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s what concerns me the most is usually we have something. We have something that we can follow up on. This one is just\u2014she\u2019s just disappeared and has not made any contact with anybody so that makes me concerned,\u201d said Chief Storie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The search for Whipp is expanding now, with the group \u201cWe Are The Essentials\u201d<\/a> getting involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully because of this effort we can bring Tonya home,\u201d said co-founder Nico Tusconi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tusconi notes Whipp left everything behind in the home, including her living dog and her deceased dog\u2019s ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe would have never left those dogs. Nor would she have left all her stuff, her purse, her pocketbook, her ID\u2019s, her bank cards, everything, were still in the house,\u201d said Tusconi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe Are The Essentials\u201d is holding a search party for Tonya Whipp on Sunday, July 16 at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers should arrive at 1002 Lake Ariana Boulevard, where they will be assigned a search area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tusconi said there are nine locations he wants to search and some are in challenging, wooded terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a challenge and we\u2019re going to do our best to make sure that everybody stays safe and in communication with us and hopefully we can check some of these areas that are of interest to us,\u201d said Tusconi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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