Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly reflect how the woman was transported to the hospital.
A 64-year-old woman who didn’t return from a hike Sunday was found unconscious but breathing on Monday evening in a vehicle near Magnolia Road.
Boulder police tweeted Monday shortly after 4 p.m. asking for the public’s help in locating the woman after she didn’t return from the hike, noting she has medical concerns.
Later Monday, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office received a vague report of a suspicious vehicle near the 8 mile marker of Magnolia Road, but the call was initially cleared after deputies were unable to locate the vehicle.
Boulder police then ran the plates of the vehicle and determined it was related to the woman, according to Boulder County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Vinnie Montez. Deputies followed up and found the vehicle about 400 yards off the roadway in a private area.
The missing woman was found inside the vehicle about 7:20 p.m., Montez said. She was breathing but not conscious and was airlifted to a hospital through Med Evac.
According to an initial report, the woman was possibly suicidal, Montez said. Officials were previously searching for her Sunday in the area of Flagstaff Mountain and Gross Reservoir.
Montez did not know if the vehicle the woman was found in belonged to her or her family or whether there were additional people in the vehicle.
There is no threat to public safety, Boulder police spokesperson Dionne Waugh said.
