WHO MAY NOW BE SPENDING HER THIRD NIGHT OUT IN THE COLD.. SEARCH CREWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE CONTINUE ARRIVING ON THE CENTRAL COAST SEARCHING FOR A MISSING 73 YEAR OLD SAN LORENZO WOMAN LAST SEEN ON TUESDAY IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.. THE SEARCH INTENSIFYING AMID GROWING CONCERN.. JEANNE BURKE ISN’T DRESSED FOR THE COLD-WET WEATHER.. SHE’S WEARING A PLAID JACKET, BLACK PANTS.. AND FLIP FLOPS.. LAST SEEN IN THE BONNY DOON AREA.. WHERE MORE THAN 80 SEARCHERS ARE FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTS.. IN CHALLENGING TERRAIN.. SEARCH TEAMS FROM AS MANY AS FIVE COUNTIES ARE SEARCHING FROM THE AIR AND GROUND.. IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEARCH DOGS.. BUT SEARCH CREWS NEED THE PUBLIC’S HELP.. ASKING NEIGHBORS TO CHECK THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS… AND PROPERTY FOR THE AT-RISK WOMAN.. DAY THREE OF THE SEARCH EFFORT NOW WRAPPING UP HERE IN THE BONNY DOON AREA.. SEARCH TEAMS WILL BE BACK OUT TOMORROW.. AND INTO THE WEEKEND.. IN BONNY DOON .. FELIX CORTEZ ACTION NEWS 8
Search enters sixth day for at-risk 73-year-old in Santa Cruz County
Updated: 11:57 AM PST Nov 23, 2025
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is in its sixth day of searching for an at-risk missing woman.Video above from past coverage. Jeanne Burke, 73, was last seen at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Moore Ranch Road area. She was also seen at 3 p.m. that day near Felton Quarry, walking toward Empire Grade Road.She is considered at risk due to medical reasons, according to the Sheriff’s Office.A Silver Alert has been issued by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office for Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Monterey counties.She was last seen wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket, black pants, one pink sandal, and one black sandal. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall with a medium build, weighs 108 pounds, has long gray hair and blue eyes, and wears glasses.CHP believes she is on foot.Approximately 115 search-and-rescue team members from Santa Cruz County, Fresno County, Yolo County, San Mateo County, Cal-SAR, CoCo County, Placer County, Marin County, San Louis Obispo, Merced County, and Civil Air Patrol continue to search the rugged terrain. Searchers continue to focus on Smith Grade Road, Moore Ranch Road, and the surrounding areas.The Sheriff’s Office is asking people living in the Smith Grade and Moore Ranch Road areas to review their security footage and check outbuildings and sheds. If you see her, please call the Sheriff’s Office at 831-471-1121.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is in its sixth day of searching for an at-risk missing woman.
Video above from past coverage.
Jeanne Burke, 73, was last seen at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Moore Ranch Road area. She was also seen at 3 p.m. that day near Felton Quarry, walking toward Empire Grade Road.
She is considered at risk due to medical reasons, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
A Silver Alert has been issued by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office for Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Monterey counties.
She was last seen wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket, black pants, one pink sandal, and one black sandal. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall with a medium build, weighs 108 pounds, has long gray hair and blue eyes, and wears glasses.
CHP believes she is on foot.
Approximately 115 search-and-rescue team members from Santa Cruz County, Fresno County, Yolo County, San Mateo County, Cal-SAR, CoCo County, Placer County, Marin County, San Louis Obispo, Merced County, and Civil Air Patrol continue to search the rugged terrain.
Searchers continue to focus on Smith Grade Road, Moore Ranch Road, and the surrounding areas.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking people living in the Smith Grade and Moore Ranch Road areas to review their security footage and check outbuildings and sheds.
If you see her, please call the Sheriff’s Office at 831-471-1121.