ST. GEORGE, Utah, May 17, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Determined friends and family of the missing Courtney Lynne Townsend are asking for volunteers to join a search Sunday in the area where her abandoned vehicle was found six months ago.
“Courtney Lynne Townsend has been an endangered missing person from St George, Utah, since November 2023,” reads the “Where is Courtney” page on Facebook. “The vehicle that she was in possession of at the time of her disappearance was later located on Cedar Mountain near Duck Creek.
“We are going to go search for Courtney May 19th, 2024. Everyone will be meeting at the Phillips gas station at the entrance of Duck Creek Village at 11:00 a.m. The address is: 835 Movie Ranch RD, Duck Creek Village, Utah.
“If you’re interested in joining please let us know!! If anyone can help by bringing ATVs, 4X4s, 4 wheelers, anything that may help in the search.. Please Join Us!!”
The 32-year-old Courtney is described as 4-foot-11, 110 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes, according to a missing person alert posted online Jan. 8 by the St. George Police Department.
Anyone with information is asked to call SGPD at 435-627-4300, reference incident no. 23P032456.
The same case number and contact phone is listed on a Utah Department of Public Safety cold case missing person entry on the Utah Department of Public Safety’s website. “On November 16, 2023, Courtney Townsend took her mother’s car in St. George, Utah without her permission,” reads the DPS post.
“A few days later the vehicle was located in Kane County, Utah. Family and friends have not been able to locate or communicate with Courtney ever since.”
For identifying features, in addition to the physical description, the DPS lists: Tattoo on left wrist stating “‘Love.” Tattoo on right wrist stating “Fear.” Tattoo on left hip stating “Independence.” Tattoo on right foot stating “Dalton.” Tattoo on abdomen with flames and crosses. Tattoo on chest with cherries.
The “Where is Courtney” Facebook page, with 758 followers, created shortly after her disappearance, is a litany of pleas for help, to share info, full of photos of the impish missing woman, including her green hair period. The family on the site says the abandoned car was also burned, which, for whatever reason, law enforcement has omitted in its alerts.
The page also features mention of scammers offering alleged help, sometimes requests for help paying the private investigator involved, occasional police updates, announcements of prayer and candle vigils, but mostly pleas for info, and hope. A GoFundMe page was started May. 10.
