UPDATE: Actress Misty Upham's Family Reveals More Details About Her Disappearance
UPDATE: Misty Upham’s father Charles took to Facebook to clarify the circumstances surrounding the actress’s disappearance on Oct. 6. “So far articles read: Actress stressed over money and career, Father fears suicide,” he wrote in a press release. “The truth is Misty is not stressed over money or career. Her career is going great. As her father I do not fear she committed suicide. I feel that she has been hurt by accident or someone has put her in harms way.” He also said that “Misty has suffered from mental illness most of her life,” and that until recently it was well managed.
He went on to write, “Misty left in a psychotic state of mind with the clothes she had on and her shoulder bag…. This is the first time in 32 years we have lost contact with her and she stopped contact with everyone. This raises a serious red flag for me but apparently law enforcement officials disagree.”
"We are heartbroken and very frightening that we may never see her again. We are not getting much rest and everyday we have to look at her belongings, the food she cooked still in the fridge, her pets and unanswered social media post just waiting for her to come back and resume where she left off. I invited the media to cover the story for one purpose only, to help get the word out that she is missing and let people know we need help in finding her."
Watch an interview with Upham from behind-the-scenes during the August: Osage County production when she spoke about filming in Oklahoma:
ORIGINAL POST: (Reuters) Actress Misty Upham, who played a housekeeper in the movie adaption of August: Osage County, has been missing in Washington state for six days, police said on Friday.
The acclaimed Native American actress was last seen walking by herself from an apartment on Sunday around Auburn, some 20 miles south of Seattle, and was reported missing by her father on Oct. 6, Auburn Police Commander Steve Stocker said.
Police responded to a suicide call from the apartment but the 32-year-old Upham had already left by the time officers arrived, Stocker said.
There were no suspects or leads in her disappearance and she is believed to have left on her own free will, Stocker said.
Police had responded to suicide calls four times in the past year at the same apartment, Stocker said, and Upham’s parents have told police she is on medications for mental health issues.
Upham, who was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her supporting role in the 2008 crime drama, Frozen River, has not been in contact with friends or family since her disappearance, police said.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle and Eric Kelsey in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra Maler)
Photo credit: REUTERS/Phil McCarten
