California Woman Went Missing in Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, After a Yoga Retreat!
- A woman from California went missing during her yoga retreat in Guatemala.
- The lady’s family revealed that they have been seeking help from the State Department and the FBI following her disappearance last month.
- The family announced that she went missing in Lake Atitlán.
Californian woman, Nancy Ng disappears in Guatemala
A woman from California whose name is Nancy Ng went missing during an October yoga retreat in Guatemala. Her family is still looking for answers about her disappearance, People revealed.
It was on October 19 that the 29-year-old went missing from Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, as per her family’s statement on GoFundMe.
Los Angeles network KTLA revealed that the Monetary Park woman who works for the Alhambra Unified School District was on her second-annual week-long overseas yoga retreat.
The outlet confirmed that the organizer of the retreat called her family to inform them that she had disappeared suddenly.
Nancy’s sister, Nicky told KTLA,
“The last two weeks have been a living hell because when we first got the news that she was missing, we just had so many questions,”
“What happened? Where is she now? Is there a chance she’s alive? We didn’t know anything.”
The GoFundMe page also showed that the victim’s family is working with Guatemala’s National Tourism Assistance Program on a search effort.
In order to track Nancy, the Ng family is also taking the help of the FBI and State Department, who have been in contact with Guatemalan authorities, per local ABC affiliate KABC-TV.
On Monday, a rep for the U.S. Department of State informed People that the department received notice of a missing U.S. citizen in Lake Atitlán.
The spokesperson also revealed that the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala is doing its best to be in contact with local authorities and “closely monitoring their investigation.”
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What is Nancy’s family doing to trace her?
Chris Sharpe, co-owner of Black Wolf Helicopters revealed that so far, there has been “no corroboration” of “where she went in, where she went missing” in Lake Atitlán.
The outlet also informed that the private search and rescue team has checked through 95% of the lake with the help of divers and drones.
The grieving family reported that the Guatemalan navy stopped their search operation after 72 hours, prompting the family to hire Black Wolf.
Sharpe said,
“We’ve got a rough idea, but it varies from one side of the lake to the other,”
Nicky told KABC,
“We’re begging you: If anyone saw anything that could help us, just direct us where to look,”
“Because we need answers.”
The family revealed that they were informed that Nancy was last seen kayaking with other people during the time.
Sharpe told the outlet,
“For me, this is now becoming a criminal investigation because the witnesses who were there at a material time are not being forthcoming,”
Nicky’s partner, Jared Lopez was the one to launch the GoFundMe for Nancy. He noted that the funds will help support the Ng family and the expenses of the ongoing search operations.
In the fundraiser, he described Nancy as “a caring daughter, a loving sister, and a supportive friend.”
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