Overview

• The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office announced on July 22 that 33-year-old Kelsey Pittman had been located alive in Colorado, concluding a nine-month search that spanned multiple states.
• Officials first began investigating after a suspicious vehicle—her white 2009 Chevrolet HHR—was found on February 9 on private property near Slab City, just outside Death Valley National Park.
• From February through June, sheriff’s deputies, park rangers, drone pilots, cadaver dog handlers and volunteer rescue teams conducted exhaustive ground and aerial operations without finding any trace of Pittman.
• Investigators only filed a missing-person report after contacting Pittman’s mother months into the inquiry, revealing procedural delays in cross-jurisdictional coordination.
• No additional details about her location or condition will be released, as authorities have committed to protecting Pittman and her family’s privacy.