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Oregon woman vanishes after car runs out of gas on Highway 22

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Key Points
  • Kilmer vanished after her car ran out of gas on Highway 22 near Salem
  • She left her passenger and all essential belongings in the vehicle
  • Suspicious text messages have been received claiming to be from her

According to the Oregon State Police, Kilmer was traveling from Lyons to Salem with a passenger when the incident occurred around 9 p.m. near milepost 15 east of Salem. When her family arrived at the location, she was gone, leaving the passenger alone. The passenger told family and police that Kilmer left with an unidentified motorist who stopped to offer help. Kilmer left behind her phone, wallet, keys, glasses, medications, birth certificate, and ID in the vehicle.

Suspicious communications have emerged, with Amber Brecht, Kilmer's stepmother, receiving text messages from unknown numbers claiming to be Kilmer, but the messages do not sound like her. Amber Brecht believes the passenger was intentionally being vague and may have more information. Kilmer may have been heading to a rave in Portland, but without her ID and wallet, she wouldn't have been able to get in.

Something is not adding up. We realize something is wrong here. Something might have happened that she doesn't want to tell us about, which is fine, absolutely. We don't need to know what's happened. We just want to know that she is safe and alive.

Amber Brecht, Stepmother

Kilmer is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds, with dark hair, blue eyes, a piercing in her lower lip, and often wears black clothing. She frequents the Willamette Valley, including Salem and Portland.

Everything that she needs to live her life is left in that vehicle.

Amber Brecht, Stepmother

We're not looking to blame anybody or anything. We just would like to hear from our daughter and make sure that she's okay.

Amber Brecht, Stepmother
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