14 in Richmond Dale, OH (Update: Vehicle Found, Blood in Car)(Update: Body Found in the Scioto River Believed to be Missing Shasta Himelrick)

20 year old Shasta Himelrick has been missing since Thursday, December 25, 2015 in Ross County, Richmond Dale, Ohio. Shasta Himelrick is pregnant and was last seen by friends and family in Richmond Dale on Christmas eve. According to Sheriff George Lavender she had been texting her boyfriend and was supposed to meet him at a certain time, but that never happened. A security camera at the Speedway Gas Station on East Main street in Chillicothe showed Himelrick walking into the store at 3:15 AM Friday. Authorities found the vehicle Himelrick was believed to have been driving later that morning around 7:15 AM. It was found in the middle of an out-of-the-way intersection with the doors were open. According to authorities, Shasta Himelrick’s cell phone was in the vehicle, along with an ATM card and a receipt.

Description:

20-year-old Caucasian woman
5’4″, with blonde hair
green eyes
red tattoo on her right bicep

Shasta Himelrick – Missing

Search Continues for Shasta Himelrick

In Ross County, the search continues for a 20-year-old pregnant woman. Sheriff George Lavender said Shasta Himelrick was reported missing after having last been seen by friends and family in Richmond Dale on Christmas night.

“There was some texting, phone conversations going on that she was supposed to be at home at a certain time – she was supposed to meet her boyfriend at a certain time, and that never happened,” said Sheriff Lavender.

Investigators discovered a security camera at the Speedway Gas Station on East Main Street in Chillicothe showed Himelrick walking into the store at 3:15am, Friday. At around 7:15am, Friday, authorities found the vehicle Himelrick was believed to have been driving.

“A maroon 1993 Lexus ES300 was found abandoned, out of gas, and the battery was dead along Three Locks Road there by the railroad tracks by the Scioto River at what they call ‘Higby Bridge,’” according to Sheriff Lavender, who added BCI has been called in to process the vehicle.

UPDATE I: Shasta Himelrick Missing — Blood Found In Abandoned Car.

According to her grandmother, Shirley Himelrick, blood was found on the seat and the back of the headrest in the abandoned car. The discovery immediately created a sense of urgency surrounding her case, but also the anxiety of wondering whether or not she was the victim of foul play. Her social media presence in the days leading up to her disappearance don’t appear to show any warning, with her last post on Facebook being about how happy she was to be pregnant.

UPDATE II: Family of missing Shasta Himelrick believes body found in Scioto River is hers.

The relatives of a missing Ross County woman said they believe a body found in the Scioto River yesterday is hers.

An official positive ID isn’t expected until an autopsy is performed in Montgomery County today. Ross County Coroner John Gabis would not release details about the body other than to say it is a female.

If anyone has any information regarding Shasta Himelrick, please contact the sheriff’s office at 740-773-1185.