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Amy Hillyard has been missing from Oakland since March 25. Her husband has released a video about the search efforts. 

OAKLAND, Calif. – The husband of an Oakland woman, who went missing more than two weeks ago, released a video this week, where he speaks out about his loved one and the continuing search effort to find her. 

Chris Hillyard’s video about his wife, Amy Hillyard, went live on Wednesday. 

Amy Hillyard has been missing from Oakland since March 25. Her husband has released a video about the search efforts. 

Husband speaks 

What we know:

“We’re doing this video now to help our efforts in bringing Amy home,” he said. 

Hillyard, 52, the co-owner of the popular Farley’s coffee shop, went missing from the Cleveland Heights neighborhood on March 25. She was last seen around 5 p.m. on the 200 block of Radnor Road. Posters by the Oakland Police Department said she is considered at risk due to medical conditions. Police would later say there is video footage of Hillyard at Dimond Park around 4:30 p.m. from the day she went missing. 

Family say she was wearing a white short-sleeved top, light-colored jeans, and white sneakers with black stripes in the video. She was alone. 

Community-minded

“Amy’s superpower is to bring out the best in people. She made me a better person. She makes most people she comes in contact with a better person,” her husband said. “She’s able to bring out everyone’s superpowers. Now we need those powers to bring her home. Community is a big part of who Amy is. She loves to bring people together.” 

Hillyard, the mother of two daughters, co-owns Farley’s East coffee shop with her husband. The couple also operates a sister café in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill. 

She has also served on nonprofit boards and community projects and is board president of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir.

A family friend, who has known Hillyard since she was 18, said she was an avid hiker and a dedicated community member. 

Vigil held for missing Oakland coffee shop owner as search intensifies Vigil held for missing Oakland coffee shop owner as search intensifies

Friends, family and community members gathered Sunday evening at Lake Merritt for a vigil honoring missing Oakland coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard, as a growing search effort continues for the 52-year-old mother of two. Hillyard was last seen Wednesday around 2 p.m. leaving her home in Oakland’s Cleveland Heights neighborhood. Authorities say she is considered at risk due to a medical condition. 

Tireless efforts 

Her husband acknowledged the community’s tireless efforts to find her and that these searches have involved as many as 400 volunteers. Along with the volunteers, he thanked the Oakland Police Department, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office for their efforts. 

He had previously issued a written statement during these ongoing search efforts saying his family was holding on to hope. In his update, he expressed his family’s love for the missing wife and mother. 

“My daughters and I, of course, love Amy unconditionally. We’re suffering, and we just want her to come home,” he said. 

He said he’s been asked how he’s managing these days. He said the pain of not having her by his side is unbearable, but the community search effort is giving her the strength to continue. 

How to help 

What you can do:

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit at 510-238-3641.

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