I hope this isn’t a case of suicide like the MoCo Police Officer that had a dehabilitating disease.

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Actually, fugue states do happen. Can be part of a presentation of someone with a severe trauma disorder or a severe anxiety disorder. You might want to do some basic research before presenting such a strong opinion with no underlying factual basis.

They do happen, but you're making the claim that MOST missing persons cases are fugues. That is simply untrue. A tiny fraction of them are. Most of the time, women take off without telling anyone in a state of emotional distress or they are taken involuntarily.

I'm not making any claims of the sort. I am an NP on the subject. DSM-V gives the prevalence rate for Dissociative Amnesia at 1.8% for the general population and notes that it is slightly more prevalent in women (2.6%) than men (1.0%). Both fugue states and kidnapping are low-base rate occurrences, with kidnapping rates for adults at .27% .

It is much easier to hope for an explanation with a potential positive outcome.
Wishing for her safe and speedy return.

Weird how there is not more information on this. If she was going to see a friend that night (according to Websleuths), did she tell her family members who that friend was? Or wouldn't the friend have come forward at this point? If she was driving somewhere, it's possible she was in an accident and went off the road. There should be an indication of where she might have been heading.

I hope she's found safe, soon.

I hope she'll get home safe and sound

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Actually, fugue states do happen. Can be part of a presentation of someone with a severe trauma disorder or a severe anxiety disorder. You might want to do some basic research before presenting such a strong opinion with no underlying factual basis.

They do happen, but you're making the claim that MOST missing persons cases are fugues. That is simply untrue. A tiny fraction of them are. Most of the time, women take off without telling anyone in a state of emotional distress or they are taken involuntarily.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Actually, fugue states do happen. Can be part of a presentation of someone with a severe trauma disorder or a severe anxiety disorder. You might want to do some basic research before presenting such a strong opinion with no underlying factual basis.

Different poster, but does it happen often? Seems like a very unlikely explanation for this or most cases of missing people?

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Actually, fugue states do happen. Can be part of a presentation of someone with a severe trauma disorder or a severe anxiety disorder. You might want to do some basic research before presenting such a strong opinion with no underlying factual basis.

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Um, ok...

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

That is something you saw on a True Crime TV show. In real life it doesn’t happen. She’s either met with foul play or taken off due to personal reasons.

Don’t police often say that in the early part of the investigation even for murders?

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if police is conducting the search. At the very least, they should look at her last phone calls and try to track her phone location around the time of her disappearance.
This is pretty scary.

MCPD in my experience is rather competent. I'm sure they're doing those things.

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

With no history of mental illness or anything?

Yes, it can happen.

Although I don't know if I'd jump to fugue just from "no foul play." That just means they don't think she was kidnapped or murdered. Suicide or just running away for whatever reason isn't considered foul play, and is far more common than dissociative fugue. I think the police are trying to reassure people that this isn't thought to be another Laura Wallen situation.

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.

With no history of mental illness or anything?

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Anonymous wrote:They said no suspicion of foul play. This usually winds up being a fugue

What do you mean, exactly?

NP. Fugue is an episode of dissociative amnesia. The person forgets everything, including who they are, and tends to travel or wander away in a panic. It can last anywhere from days to years and some people have multiple episodes. Occasionally you read weird news stories of some missing person being found years later, living somewhere else under a different name but with no idea that they did so or that anyone is looking for them.