Woman moving to Bethel from Lewiston goes missing
By Andie Hannon, Sun Journal
Posted March 26, 2012, at 5:43 a.m.
Fay E. Johnson

BETHEL, Maine — Authorities in Oxford County and Lewiston are looking for a 62-year-old woman with medical conditions last seen nearly two weeks ago at the Vernon Street home she was relocating to in Bethel.

Capt. Hart Daley of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Fay E. Johnson is considered missing and endangered because of a serious medical condition. Johnson is described as being 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a medical alert bracelet with the word “pacemaker” engraved on it.

Daley said Sunday that Johnson was last seen by neighbors in Bethel more than two weeks ago. He said she was in the process of moving from a Bates Street residence in Lewiston to a house in Bethel. He said the last confirmed day anyone from her family had contact with her was around March 7.

Daley said Johnson’s landlord in Bethel — who was helping her move furniture and boxes — alerted authorities along with another neighbor around March 12 because of a dog left at Johnson’s new rental home. Daley said the landlord went to check on Johnson once or twice and saw the dog in the house, but assumed she was just packing and moving more items from Lewiston.

Daley said the landlord later talked with neighbors and realized that Johnson had not returned to the residence for at least five days. On March 12, the landlord contacted the animal control officer, who removed the pet from the home, and then contacted authorities.

Daley said Sunday evening that authorities in Oxford County spent the day searching the woods surrounding the Bethel home with Maine game wardens. The sheriff’s office is also working with the Lewiston Police Department and will meet Monday with Maine State Police about the case.

Daley said Johnson’s car, a green 2004 Subaru Forester with Maine vanity registration SASSYFJ, is also missing.

Anyone with information, or who may have seen Johnson, is asked to call the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office at 800-733-1421 or dial 911.

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Oxford Hills | Wednesday, March 28, 2012
BETHEL — A woman who was considered missing and in danger may be in Auburn or Falmouth rather than Bethel, where she recently moved.
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Fay E. Johnson

Police are looking into reported sightings in the past week of Fay E. Johnson, a woman who went missing while moving from Lewiston to Bethel.
Capt. Hart Daley of the Oxford County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that “very credible” sources have reported contact with Johnson, 62, in Auburn and Falmouth as recently as last Saturday.
Police said Johnson is in danger because of a serious medical condition, but Daley said there is “absolutely no indication of foul play” in Johnson's apparent disappearance. People in Falmouth and Auburn have given accurate descriptions of Johnson in recent sightings, he said.
“Some of the things that she discussed with them would lead us to believe that it certainly was Fay Johnson,” Daley said. “But we need to confirm that.”
“Now that the word is getting out, people are actually paying attention,” he said.
Johnson was in the process of moving into a building in Bethel. On Tuesday, the building was taped off, as Johnson had possessions in the home and police wanted to preserve the condition.
As the search for Johnson unfolds, Daley said, they may go back into the home to continue looking for clues of Johnson's whereabouts.
Johnson's landlord alerted authorities on March 12 of a dog that had been left at the home when he realized he hadn't seen Johnson lately. An animal control officer took the dog, but Johnson still hasn't been back to the home.
Johnson is described as being 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. She wears a medical alert bracelet with the word "pacemaker" on it.
Johnson's car, a green 2004 Subaru Forester with Maine license plate SASSYFJ, is also missing. Anyone who may have seen Johnson or has information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Oxford County Sheriff's Office at 800-733-1421.
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Event for missing woman to be held Saturday in Scarborough
Posted: Friday, June 15, 2012 1:54 pm

LostNMissing Inc, a nonprofit from New Hampshire, along with the daughter of missing Fay Johnson, Joleen Mitchell, will be holding a Shining Hope event in Scarborough and Bethel on Saturday.

The event, set to start in Scarborough at 10 a.m. at the far end of the front parking lot at Wal-Mart Supercenter, at a spot marked with yellow balloons, is titled "Shining Hope." as the family needs hope that Johnson may be still located, according to a press release from the group. The longer time passes the more grief her daughter is enduring, the group said.

"They need hope and support from the surrounding communities as Fay could be anywhere and is in need of medical attention." said Cynthia Caron, president and founder of LostNMissing. "Fay is considered missing and endangered because of a serious medical condition. She has a pacemaker and heart condition and needs to be found. ... Her green 2004 Subaru Forester with Maine vanity registration SASSYFJ is also missing."

Fay Johnson was last seen by neighbors in Bethel, where she was in the process of moving to a home from her residence in Lewiston. For a number of days she and her Bethel landlord were moving her furniture and belongings into her new rental home. Shortly thereafter, her landlord, after talking with neighbors, discovered that at least five days had gone by without anyone seeing Johnson, yet her dog was in the home.

On March 12, the landlord contacted the animal control officer, who removed the dog and contacted authorities. Oxford County officials spent the day searching the woods surrounding the Bethel home with Maine game wardens.

Fay Johnson is described as being 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a medical alert bracelet with the word “pacemaker” engraved on it.

Anyone with information, or who may have seen Johnson, is asked to call the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office at 800-733-1421 or dial 911.

The local One Stop Party Shop in South Portland will be donating balloons for the event so that volunteers may find the location by looking for the yellow balloons. Children who may attend with their families will be given a balloon and the adults will receive "Always Hope" LostNMissing bracelets.