WCSO locates Hildale missing person
 
Press Release
Washington County Sheriff's Office
 
On August 31, 2006, Flora Jessop and some of her siblings filed a missing person report with the Hildale Town Marshal's Office. They said they had been unable to locate or contact their mother Patricia Jessop for over a year and they were concerned for her welfare. Washington County Sheriff's Office Deputies were present when the complaint was made and provided the Hildale Marshal's Office with the forms necessary to complete an NCIC missing person report.

On November 22, 2006, Flora Jessop contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office and expressed concern that not enough was being done to locate and verify the welfare of Patricia Jessop. The Sheriff's Office began a separate missing person case for Patricia Jessop. At that time, she was entered as missing into the NCIC database. Our deputies made several attempts to locate and contact Patricia Jessop in the months that followed.

On March 16, 2007, Deputy Darrell Cashin, assigned to the Hildale area, was contacted by a member of the Hildale Marshal's Office. He went to the Marshal's Office where he met with Patricia Jessop. He recognized her from her Utah driver's license photo and verified her identity with her. She appeared to be in good health and of sound mind. Deputy Cashin verified that her welfare was not in jeopardy, which she confirmed.

We have notified Flora Jessop that her mother is in good health and not endangered. We have closed this missing person's case as resolved.
 
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Originally published March 19, 2007
 
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