Mouy Tang was last seen Sept. 3.THE STAR
Saturday, Jan 31 2009
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LAWNDALE - After 18 searches, Quyhn Tang now believes her missing sister-in-law isn't where family members originally thought.
"We believe that yes, she was picked up," Tang said Thursday. "She had to (have been)."
Mouy Tang, a 46-year-old native of Cambodia and former Unique Living resident, was last seen Sept. 3 near Burns High School in Lawndale. Subsequent searches haven't unearthed a single lead.
But the most recent effort did produce at least something."We had nurses that used to work at the Yelton facility (Unique Living) that came to talk to us," Quyhn said. "The two were very instrumental in giving information."
Quyhn was told that officials drove out to search for Mouy around 15 minutes after they realized she was gone.
Quyhn said that while Mouy couldn't walk well, she was supposedly long gone when employees began searching.
"Apparently they couldn't locate her," Quyhn said. "It might have taken her 30 minutes to get to that intersection (of Philadelphia Road and Stagecoach Trail where Mouy was last seen)."
The numbers just didn't add up.
"She was picked up instead of wandered off," Quyhn said.Family members recently accepted what some professionals suggested after the last search, Quyhn said.
"We came to terms with it (that she was possibly picked up)," she said. "They did another 5-mile search. Thirty-two people from all over. Nothing."
Specifics for future searches have yet to be determined, Quyhn said. Satellite imaging will be used to scan the landscape for remains before anyone goes on the hunt again.
"If someone has any news, good or bad, we need it," Quyhn said.
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