“What in the world was she doing here?”: missing Texas teacher’s car found in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — A Texas-based search group is in New Orleans, looking for a girl who’s been missing for six days.

Part of the thriller surrounding the disappearance of Michelle Reynolds, 48, sits at the nook of St. Joseph and S. Peters Streets in downtown New Orleans. Her Lexus SUV has been parked there for days.  

“We only have one fact. She’s missing,” founder and director of Texas EquuSearch Tim Miller stated.

Miller has a group of a few dozen individuals attempting to trace down Reynolds, a sixth-grade trainer in Alvin, TX the place she lives. 

While arduous to make out, Miller believes surveillance video from Friday afternoon exhibits Reynolds parking her SUV after which strolling away, alone.

“Her purse was left in the car with her credit cards, a debit card, driver’s license, and phone was left in the car,” stated Miller.

Miller’s group spent a part of Tuesday in a helicopter, looking about 20 miles of the Mississippi River.

“We don’t have any evidence she’s in the river but as close to the river as it is, we said let’s start out with process of elimination,” Miller stated.

Now they’re looking for surveillance video to trace Reynolds’ actions. The nonprofit search group obtained concerned after Miller obtained a name from Reynolds’ husband, Michael, asking for assist. Michael Reynolds informed Eyewitness News the final time he heard from his spouse was Thursday.

“She said that she was going to get something to eat and she never returned,” Michael Reynolds stated.

Michael Reynolds was in a position to monitor the SUV to the downtown intersection, about 360 miles away from the couple’s dwelling. He and his brother-in-law drove to New Orleans over the weekend to attempt to discover her however had no luck.

“I’m trying to wrap my head around it,” Miller stated.

Miller says New Orleans police fingerprinted the SUV however as of Wednesday, there have been no outcomes. He admits it’s a weird case and has no thought why Michelle Reynolds can be in the metropolis.

“We’ve been in 42 states, 11 different countries and every time we think we’ve seen everything, something new pops up,” Miller stated. “She has no connections in New Orleans and that’s the big question. What in the world was she doing here?”

Miller stated Reynolds just lately took a brief go away from her educating job however didn’t know if that has something to do together with her missing. He’s solely targeted on looking for her.

“There was some confusion going on, what that was all about, I don’t know and I’m not even going to speculate,” Miller stated. “We’re going to work on that one fact, she’s missing.”

New Orleans police verify Michelle Reynolds was reported missing out of Texas and so they’re working with Texas authorities. Miller stated whereas officers deal with the investigative aspect, his group is the “boots on the ground” effort.