COLUMBUS — Columbus police are using helicopters, horses, and search dogs Wednesday to look for a missing Ohio State student last seen Saturday.
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Amina Alhaj-Omar, 25, was last seen at a gas station Saturday on South High Street in Columbus just hours before her family reported her as missing, according to a Columbus police spokesperson. Alhaj-Omar was deemed a “high-risk missing person” by the department and she is believed to be experiencing a mental health crisis, according to police.
People who spot Alhaj-Omar are asked not to approach her and to call 911 immediately, police said.
Alhaj-Omar’s car was located Monday by investigators on I-270 near I-71 after it appeared to have been involved in a minor crash, according to police. In the days since her reported disappearance, police uncovered surveillance pictures from the gas station she was last seen in.
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While in the gas station, surveillance pictures showed she was carrying two knives and didn’t leave the area for over two hours, our news partners at WBNS-TV in Columbus report.
About two hours after she was spotted at the gas station, she was spotted walked near a quarry. Police were called however she had already left the area.
Tuesday night, Alhaj-Omar was possibly seen near a Walmart just north of the gas station where she was last seen. Police have been focusing their searches Wednesday near the Walmart, quarry, and other areas, according to WBNS-TV.
Additional details were not available. We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more.