A 26-year-old New Jersey woman who mysteriously disappeared after a routine trip to her local coffee shop has been located, police announced Saturday.
After a 10-day investigation, Tammy Kim was located by a hunter in a heavily wooded area in Sussex County, The Franklin Police Department said. She was not assaulted, however detectives are still determining what happened to her.
“We are extremely happy and relieved to announce that Tammy was found alive this morning by a hunter, thanks to the hunting season that began today,” her family said in a statement. “We are grateful for the law enforcement, family, friends, and volunteers who helped search for our daughter over the past ten days.”
Tammy Kim was last seen near the Starbucks on Highway 23 in Franklin Borough at about 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, according to police.
The Starbucks cafe was a favorite hangout for Kim, and she often worked on her computer there. Kim, who does not drive, was supposed to be picked up by her parents at around noon last Thursday, her mother told NBC 4 New York.
Her laptop was found abandoned near the Sussex Bank corporate offices -- a mostly empty office building -- on Munsonhurst Road, police said. On the second floor of the building, in a room that's under renovation, police tracked her phone about 12 hours after she disappeared.
Because Kim does not drive, police thought she either suffered from some sort of medical episode and wandered into the woods in a rural area nearby, or she got into a car with someone.
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Kim was taken to Morristown Medical Center where she is being treated by medical personnel, police said.
