DEATH VALLEY, CA (KLAS) — Officials are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing woman whose family has not seen her since November 2024. Her vehicle was found outside of Death Valley three months ago.
According to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office in California, officers, along with the Death Valley National Park Service, found a vehicle in a remote area just outside of Death Valley called Slab City in early February.
That area, located just off Highway 190, is commonly used by campers during the winter.
The vehicle was a white 2009 Chevrolet HHR and is registered to Kelsey Pittman, 33, out of North Carolina.
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Kelsey Pittman, 33, was reported missing after her vehicle was found outside of Death Valley in February. (Death Valley National Park) -
Kelsey Pittman, 33, was reported missing after her vehicle was found outside of Death Valley in February. (Death Valley National Park) -
Kelsey Pittman, 33, was reported missing after her vehicle was found outside of Death Valley in February. (Death Valley National Park)
Kelsey is approximately 5 feet 5 inches and 130 pounds with strawberry blond hair and hazel eyes.
Deputies and rangers searched the area for Kelsey or anyone else related to the vehicle but were unable to locate anyone. Over the next few months, deputies continued to run record checks to see if Kelsey was reported missing, with no results.
Additionally, searches of the area were conducted using the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, drones, and tracking dogs with no results.
After Kelsey’s mother reported her missing, she told Sheriff’s Deputies the last time anyone had contact with her was in November 2024, when Kelsey spoke with law enforcement in Utah.
If you have any information regarding Kelsey Pittman, please contact Investigator Howard at
(760) 937-3234.
