WASHINGTON — Virginia State Police are searching for a missing Woodbridge, Virginia woman, whose car was found Saturday in Shenandoah National Park.
Nicole Clardy Mittendorff’s cream-colored Mini Cooper was discovered Saturday night in a remote parking lot in the Madison County portion of the national park, near the White Oak Canyon Trail.
The search resumed Monday at 8 a.m., Virginia State Police spokesperson Corinne Geller says the search is focusing near the trail, where Mittendorff’s car was found. The search will conclude at sundown Monday and resume again early Tuesday morning.
In a statement Geller says “there is still no evidence to indicate foul play in her disappearance.”
Mittendorff’s family has described the 31-year-old as an avid runner and triathlete. Her family has expressed hope she had driven to the area to train on a trail. She last made contact with her father by text at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday.
Mittendorff is a career firefighter and paramedic with the Fairfax County Fire Department. She was reported missing to police on Friday after she failed to show up for her shift that morning.
Virginia State Police and U.S. Park Police have been searching by air and ground for Mittendorff.
She is a white woman with blond hair and green eyes. According to her family she is 5-feet, 6-inches tall, and weighs approximately 125 pounds.
In Facebook posts, Mittendorff’s father, Robert Clardy, has said police don’t need volunteers, and have asked well-wishers to keep away from the search scene.
Mittendorff’s husband, Steven, is a state police employee, according to the agency.
