Editor's note on Oct. 2, 2023: Melissa Whitsitt has been found safe, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. An update to this story can be found here. Our previous story is below.
WINTER PARK, Colo. — A 34-year-old woman is missing from Winter Park under what police say are "potentially suspicious circumstances."
Melissa Whitsitt was last seen on Aug. 13 along the 100 block of Woodspur Lane in southwest Winter Park, according to an alert from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI). She did not show up to work that day at Winter Park Resort, according to Winter Park Police Chief Glen Trainor. He said she has been living in the area since late May.
Investigators said an unknown person, only identified as a man, used her phone to contact other people around the Denver metro area on Aug. 13. As of Wednesday morning, the phone had been turned off, CBI said. Trainor said police do not know if Whitsitt knows that man or not.
Whitsitt has not contacted any family or friends. She does not have a car.
The Fraser Winter Park Police Department said she was reported missing on Tuesday "under potentially suspicious circumstances." The police department said that her debit card has not been used since Aug. 13.
On Friday, police confirmed she got on the Bustang to Denver on Aug. 13 around 10 a.m. At that time, she had been wearing blue bell bottom jeans, a blue tank top and/or a white sweatshirt.
She is described as a white woman standing 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds. She has blonde or brown hair and blue eyes.
Trainor said the last person who saw Whitsitt was her roommate.
She has been entered as a missing person in the Colorado Crime Information Center and National Crime Information Center.
Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, this missing person alert for Whitsitt was upgraded to an endangered missing person alert.
Anybody who sees Whitsitt or knows or her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Winter Park Police Department at 970-722-7779.
