Search continues for missing Hanover woman
Published:Monday | December 27, 2021 | 10:36 AM
A search is under way for 27-year-old Chaleen Evans who went missing on Christmas morning in Orchard, Hopewell, Hanover.
Evans, otherwise called Chin, was reportedly last seen running from the Orchard Gardens home of her child's father.
The police report that she went missing around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday and since then some 100 concerned residents from both Evans' community as well as Orchard Gardens, assisted by cops from Lucea and Sandy Bay, have been searching for her.
The search has since been futile.
Police dogs were brought in to help with the search.
It is reported that the university student has been acting in a strange manner for weeks.
It is also reported that on Christmas Eve, December 24, she threatened to jump from the roof of her parent's home in Clifton, Hanover, but was dissuaded.
Family members today told The Gleaner that Evans suffers from depression and was last seen running into nearby bushes went she left the house of her child's father on Saturday.
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