The SAPD is looking for a missing female transient

Missing Person: Danielle Bechtloff (25) Transient

Description: Female, White, 5’4”, 147 lbs, Red Hair, Brown Eyes, last seen wearing black top with a gold zipper, black leggings, black shoes.

Location: Last seen on 5/1/19 at 1200 hours at 1030 W. Warner Avenue Santa Ana

Danielle Bechtloff was on a conservatorship and placed at Royal TRC where she was being treated for mental health disorders. Bechtloff has a long history of methamphetamine abuse.

Bechtloff was allowed to leave the facility on a 2-hour “buddy-pass” on 05/01/19. Bechtloff went AWOL and never returned.

Bechtloff is possibly with a male identified as Jesse Warren Sprague (37) Transient. Bechtloff and Sprague frequent Huntington Beach and live a transient lifestyle.

Please contact Detective Corporal Mike Judson with any information (714) 245-8331 or mjudson@santa-ana.org.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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