Police in Washington state search for missing Utah woman Tracy

Police in Washington state search for missing Utah woman who had been traveling up the West Coast

(Photo courtesy of Sadie Lewis) Tracy Ann Lewis, of Eden, Utah, was last seen March 9 in Ocean Shores, Wash., her family says.

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By Mariah Noble

 ·  Published: 6 hours ago
Updated: 6 hours ago

An Eden woman’s family is concerned, and police in Washington state are asking for help from the public as they continue to search for her more than a week after she was reported missing.

Tracy Ann Lewis, 31, was last seen March 9 at Morning Glory Hotel in the city of Ocean Shores, according to a Monday news release from the Ocean Shores Police Department. Lewis reportedly checked out of the hotel in the morning and was last seen walking north on Ocean Shores Boulevard. She left her vehicle, which contained all her belongings, in the hotel parking lot.

Lewis had previously been vacationing with her family in Disneyland and parted ways with them about Feb. 16, her sister Sadie Lewis said Monday. Tracy Lewis then drove alone up the West Coast. Her plan was to go to San Francisco, then to Portland and then return home to Utah, her family said.

Ocean Shores is more than 100 miles northwest of Portland, the opposite direction from her home.

The family “does not know why she would have gone to Ocean Shores, as she knows no one in the area,” the news release said.

“She just really loves the ocean,” the sister said.

(Photo courtesy of Sadie Lewis) Tracy Ann Lewis, of Eden, Utah, was last seen March 9 in Ocean Shores, Wash., her family says.

(Photo courtesy of Sadie Lewis) Tracy Ann Lewis, of Eden, Utah, was last seen March 9 in Ocean Shores, Wash., her family says.

The last time Tracy Lewis communicated with her family from her cellphone was March 9, Sadie Lewis said. Then, her mother received an email stating that Tracy Lewis had dropped her phone in the water and would be communicating solely via email.

Every night at exactly 11, Sadie Lewis said, there would be an email from Tracy Lewis saying goodnight. The family soon realized that she had set up her email to send the greeting automatically, that it was “on a loop” and she wasn’t actually typing it out each night. They then contacted police, Sadie Lewis said.

Lewis’ parents and sister flew to Ocean Shores to meet with police and help with the search for her, the news release said, and police set up a command post at a neighboring motel.

A dozen search and rescue volunteers, three search dogs and several police officers have looked for Lewis in the area’s nearby dunes, but found nothing.

Lewis is about 5-foot-5, weighs about 125 pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes, police say.

Anyone with information about Lewis’ case is asked to contact the Ocean Shores Police Department at 360-289-3331.