Lucy Xiong
Lucy Xiong
Disappearance
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer speaking at a press conference about Lucy's disappearance
On July 28, 2017, Lucy Xiong went missing in Fresno, California. Fresno Police Department officers said Xiong left her home around 12:30 a.m. and was walking in the area of First Street and Olive Avenue.
The Fresno Police Department is working together with the Fresno Fire Department and Sheriff's Deputies to search for Lucy.
Lucy's family said that after Lucy walked in late Friday she got into an argument with her mom after her mother asked her about how she had been drinking and was out late.
She then stormed off from their apartment in the 3200 block of East Olive Avenue.
Lucy's family said they went searching for her but were not able to find her then shortly after they got home her boyfriend showed up to their apartment saying he was worried.
They said she called him as she was walking in the area of Olive and First, when all of a sudden he heard a shocked expression from her where she yelled an explicit word and said it sounded like she was struggling and fighting with someone before the call disconnected-- they have not heard from her since.
Police said they have received a few reports since then that could be related, including a call reporting sounds of a disturbance near the area and another report of sounds of a drowning near a canal.
Since Xiong has been missing, her credit cards have been used about a dozen times. According to surveillance cameras, police say the credit cards have been used by several different people, but they don't know if the people using her cards are involved with her disappearance or if they found the credit cards later. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said, "We're not going to put all of our energy into simply searching the canal, because she may have been abducted, she may be missing, there may be foul play beyond what we know." On August 1, 2017 after the fire department could not find anything in the strainers they called of the search for that day. Over the next two days they plan to have have irrigation lower the water, which will take two days, and then have the dive team go in to search more.
Lucy's neighbor, Amberlyn Tracie created a GoFundMe to raise money for Lucy's parents who have missed work and not been able to sleep while searching for Lucy.
Description
Lucy is a 20-year-old female with shoulder length black/brown hair, brown eyes, 5'1" tall, 100 lbs and and a thin build.
When last seen, Lucy was wearing a gray shirt and white denim jeans, with a pink and white purse with a gold chain shoulder strap.