Woman reported missing on southbound freeway near South 38th St, Tacoma WA

Missing Person

Reported: 10/26/2025 01:46 AM

I-5, Tacoma, WA

A woman was reported missing after entering the southbound freeway near South 38th Street. Her phone location tracked her traveling eastbound near that area. Her friend was driving a red Hyundai sedan. The call dropped as the phone battery died. Officers checked her apartment with no sign of her. Shelter units were requested to intercept her near 38th Street. She remains unaccounted for with no signs of a crime.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Police Dispatch - North

02:22

Transcript:

00:00

4.05, copy. She sees that she's getting on the freeway heading towards Olympia.

00:03

I'm going to try to get her to the police station, this time.

00:22

1-0-2, you can hold up. You can't be quick for enough.

00:25

A102, copy, holding the tone's 147.

00:31

For the NFL the owner violation progressor caller, see that they're just a flat tire.

00:36

Her phone's location is showing Southbound I-5 from near South 38th Street.

00:41

Her friend is currently driving. She's in a red Hyundai Saban.

00:49

What's office? Can you advise the state?

00:52

Copy. It looks like she's now near South 38th Street going eastbound, and the household is dying, so the call dropped.

01:03

See you. One thirty-five.

01:10

One year in four or five.

01:12

We're going to try to check the apartment while we're here. Also, could you try to get a shelter unit to see if they can intercept her near 38th Street?

01:21

Copy. One for a minute.

01:25

Samson, I'm on 38, I'll all check.

01:28

Thank you. Thank you. The phone's location was not showing at South Alaska and South 3.8.

01:44

The apartment was clear, no sign of the woman.

01:47

We'll be away.

01:50

231-1-1-2.

01:56

We've got the gate open you guys and come back around.

02:02

Sam 2-4-7-2.

02:04

I do have Union 133 and SAM-152.

02:07

Any updates on our location?

02:12

We are a few cell phone dive. We don't have any further locations. The last known location was near South Alaska Street and near South 38th Street going eastbound.

02:18

You do also have two south-end units that are area checking for you as well.

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