Law enforcement and dozens of volunteers searched an Oakland park on Tuesday for a missing coffeeshop owner who hasn’t been seen for about week.
Amy Hillyard, 52, is the owner of the beloved Farley’s coffee shops and was originally last seen at about 2 p.m. last Wednesday in the 500 block of Radnor Road in Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood south of Lake Merritt. On Tuesday, police said she had been spotted on video footage at Dimond Park in East Oakland that same day at about 4:30 p.m.
A coordinated search of Dimond Park was carried out by OPD along with the Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin county sheriff’s offices, along with 60 of Hillyard’s friends, family and volunteers, Oakland police said Tuesday. She has not yet been located.
Hillyard is described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 120 pounds, with blond hair and hazel eyes. Her clothing is said to be light blue jeans, a white shirt, and white tennis shoes with black stripes, according to the California Highway Patrol.
She is considered to be at-risk because of medical conditions, police said.
Members of the community along with her friends and family gathered for a candlelight hope vigil for her on Sunday by Lake Merritt.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Oakland Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at (510) 238-3641.
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