Please attribute to Detective Constable Joseph Reuben, Whangarei CIB
Police hold serious concerns for Northland woman Bridget Simmonds, who has been missing for over two months.
Police are continuing to urge anyone who may have seen her or who has any information about her whereabouts to contact them immediately.
The 42-year-old was reported missing by her family on March 6 when they grew worried that she hadn’t been in contact, which they say is very unusual.
She was last seen when she was dropped off at Countdown on Kamo Road in Whangarei by family about midday on February 23rd.
Police have been making a number of enquiries to help locate her since she was reported missing.
Detective Constable Joseph Reuben says Police believe she may have taken a taxi or may have been offered a ride back to her home on the day she went missing.
“Anyone who may have seen her that day, or who picked her up and took her anywhere, we need to speak to you,” he says.
He encourages anyone who may have seen or spoken to Bridget in the weeks prior, and since her disappearance to contact Police.
"We also understand she may have had friends in the Auckland area, and she may have spoken to them about where she was heading that day, so we’re asking them to get in contact too. We are doing everything we can to find her.”
Detective Constable Joseph Reuben says her family are extremely worried and want to make sure she is safe.
Bridget’s family have issued a heartfelt plea asking for anyone who knows where she is to contact Police.
“Bridget, everyone is so worried about you and we have all been searching for you. This is not like you to be out of contact this long, your children miss you and want to hear from you, we love and miss you. Please get in touch with us and please, anyone who knows where she is get in touch with Police,” they say.
Bridget was last seen wearing a dark coloured singlet and black jeans, and had three large black and grey backpacks with her.
She has a large distinctive tattoo on her upper left arm of a fairy tangled in vines holding an orb.
Anyone with information as to her whereabouts can contact Detective Constable Joseph Reuben on 09 945 4733 on or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Adriana Weber/NZ Police
