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    Patricia Wu-Murad (61) from CT missing in Japan during solo "bucket-list"-type pilgrimage

    Full story here: https://www.insider.com/missing-hike...-search-2023-4

    An avid hiker and recent retiree from Connecticut went missing on a solo "bucket-list"-type pilgrimage in the mountains of Japan more than a week ago.

    But while local police have called off their search, her family said they're taking matters into their own hands.

    The family of 61-year-old Patricia Wu-Murad, an experienced outdoorswoman and life-long hiker, has hired a private search-and-rescue crew and traveled to the region themselves to try and locate their beloved relative.

    "We're pleading with the local authorities and the [United States] consulate to try to get them to continue looking," Wu-Murad's sister-in-law, Julie Murad-Caruso, told Insider on Tuesday.

    Wu-Murad was in the middle of a 700-mile trek along the Kumano Kodo trail through the mountainous Kii Peninsula when a lodge reported her missing to police on April 10 after she didn't show up for her stay.

    Local authorities searched for Wu-Murad for 72 hours, but gave up after they could not find the married mother-of-three, her family said.

    The family was notified about Wu-Murad's disappearance by the United States Embassy on April 14.

    "Not enough resources and not having enough details made [police] feel like it wasn't worth putting more resources into it," Murad-Caruso explained.

    The local Gojo Police Department in Japan could not be reached for comment by Insider on Tuesday.

    Wu-Murad's family has started a GoFundMe page to raise money for their private search efforts and days ago, Wu-Murad's husband, Kirk Murad, and two of their three adult children went to Japan to look for her.

    "Kirk is determined to find her. He wants to bring her home because he wants to celebrate" their upcoming 33rd wedding anniversary, Murad-Caruso said, adding, "He's having a hard time functioning without her."

    FB: https://www.facebook.com/patricia.wumurad

    GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-find...-her-home-safe

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    I just don't understand these long ass hikes, doesn't seem fun to me. And a lot of them turn out badly, no thanks.


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    Happy Birthday! I hid a dead body in your backyard to celebrate. Good luck finding it under the cement. You can only use a stick to look for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nic B View Post
    I just don't understand these long ass hikes, doesn't seem fun to me. And a lot of them turn out badly, no thanks.
    Same. And she winged it alone in a foreign country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bewitchingstorm View Post
    Same. And she winged it alone in a foreign country.
    That's crazy pants.


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    yes i said i will leave it under you storage he said cuddle with me i said shut up it over??? what am i doing wrong??
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    Happy Birthday! I hid a dead body in your backyard to celebrate. Good luck finding it under the cement. You can only use a stick to look for it.

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    https://nypost.com/2023/04/21/husban...ate-on-search/

    Husband of Connecticut mom missing in Japan says search intensifying, involves Japan, US law enforcement

    In an interview with NBC earlier this week, Kirk said his wife had twice completed the Camino de Santiago — a nearly 500-mile set of European pilgrimage routes that ends in Spain — and had also hiked extensively in Egypt and Jordan.

    “She was well ready [for the Japan trip],” he told The Post.

    “What our Mountain Works folks say is this is more an incident than an accident … meaning something strange happened. Meaning she went way off the trail, or she got caught up in a stream, or something.”

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    https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...japan/3024955/

    The search is continuing for a woman from Storrs who is missing after going hiking in Japan. After weeks of searching, Pattie Wu-Murad's family has learned new information from local police there and that has led them to change the search area.

    Investigators had a previous account from one hiker who never saw Wu-Murad on the trail. Now, police have spoken with three more people who were all running the trail, about 30 minutes behind Pattie. They also said they never saw her.

    Given both accounts, police now think she missed the trailhead so they are changing their search area.

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    Here is family update posted on the GoFundMe:

    After all the search efforts by several members of Mountain Works, 21 US volunteers led by multiple SAR experts, a private team of 4 highly experienced SAR specialists, and what locals say is the largest police search for a missing person case in the region, we can’t help but to circle back to the possibility that Pattie is the victim of a crime.

    We were told there are no suspects but we’re also told there’s no evidence or clues of Pattie ever being on the trail. Both are equal possibilities until this mystery is solved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bewitchingstorm View Post
    Here is family update posted on the GoFundMe:
    Jesus wept. So they used ALL of those resources and ALL of that time and effort just to believe that she may not have even been there in the first place?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boston Babe 73 View Post
    Jesus wept. So they used ALL of those resources and ALL of that time and effort just to believe that she may not have even been there in the first place?
    Seriously!?!?

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    No updates, but the GoFundMe is now at $191k.

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    Maybe shes missing on purpose? If she never did the trail she said she was going to do.

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    No real updates on the GoFundMe, but they are asking for more money. There is also this from yesterday:

    Just by spreading awareness, we have received information from a solo female hiker that a man near one of the Kumano Kodo trails asked if she would go home with him to help him practice his English. This incident occured on April 20th, 10 days after Pattie’s disappearance. We forwarded all information to the Japanese police as well as the FBI and this hiker has been more than willing to help in any way she can. This is why we need to continue talking about my mom’s story. The police have come to a lot of dead ends in their investigation but its you getting our story out on multiple platforms to reach people all around the world who have these stories that we never would have been aware of. We still believe there is a possibility that Pattie’s trust in people could have made her a victim of foul play and all stories and suggestions are welcomed.

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