A woman from the Midwest vanished after entering a Publix supermarket in Florida, her worried mother says.
Chelsea Bonnell, 32, has been missing for more than a month after surveillance footage showed her walking into a Publix in Jupiter, Florida, about 90 miles from Miami, on May 26.
Two days before that sighting, she had left her home in Clinton Township, Michigan, located roughly 30 miles southwest of Detroit.
The last known use of Bonnell’s credit card was on June 2 at a Dunkin’ Donuts in West Palm Beach, and no further activity has been reported since, according to WPBF.
Since then, family and friends have been unable to reach Bonnell, who is still unaccounted for.
‘It’s unexplainable,’ her mother, Michelle Clauw, told the outlet. ‘It hurts, and it’s killing me because this is not her. She would call one of us.’
Clauw said she is desperate for any sign that her daughter is safe, while also fearing that something more troubling may be behind her disappearance.
‘It’s not like her, and we do fear that she may be with somebody that’s not allowing contact to us because this is just not her,’ Clauw said.
Chelsea Bonnell, 32, has been missing for more than a month after leaving her home in Clinton Township, Michigan, to travel to Florida
Bonnell, of Michigan, last recorded activity on her credit card on June 2 at a Dunkin’ Donuts in West Palm Beach. She has not been in contact with her family
Her concerned mother, Michelle Clauw, traveled to Florida last week to look for her missing daughter but found nothing. She described the disappearance as ‘unexplainable’
Bonnell had worked as an exotic dancer at Legends in Detroit on May 24 before buying a one–way ticket to Miami that same day, according to WWJ.
Clauw has tried to reach her daughter on the phone for more than a month to no avail.
Last week, Clauw finally traveled to Palm Beach to continue her search for Bonnell.
The goal was to retrace Bonnell’s steps from May 25 until June 2nd, she wrote on Facebook.
Clauw wrote that the search has been ‘more exhausting than you can imagine.’
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‘Being here is overwhelming,’ she wrote. ‘Making sure we follow our agenda is overwhelming, and then trying to make sure we have the energy to hit the nightclubs on our agenda is failing.’
The distressed mother said she was experiencing an ‘ugly mixed [sic] of emotions,’ as she repeatedly asked why no one had seen her daughter.
‘There’s a ton of moving pieces in locating someone missing and it’s a puzzle that’s not getting put together as fast as I would like,’ Clauw wrote.
Bonnell bought a one-way ticket from Detroit to Miami on May 24. Her mother tried to get in touch with her on the phone for more than a month but did not have success
Bonnell has not been seen since May 26 when she walked into a Publix supermarket in Jupiter, Florida (File photo of a Publix in Florida)
She made a plea to her daughter, ‘or whoever may be’ with her, to prove that she was safe.
‘Chelsea I will honor your privacy if that’s what you want, but I need to know your [sic] safe, I need to hear you [sic] voice!’ Clauw wrote.
Early on Thursday, Clauw lamented that the search had not turned up any results so far.
‘Everything in my heart told me we would lead to a connection, somehow, someway to Chelsea,’ she wrote. ‘This isn’t how my trip should be ending, it should be a joyful homecoming.’
The mother said that her concerns for Bonnell’s safety were ‘stronger than ever’ after her visit to Florida.
‘The emptiness in my heart is gut–wrenching, no leads, nothing that gives me hope she’s here for a fresh start,’ she wrote.
‘Nobody can convince me that after 30 days, she wouldn’t be in contact with anyone in our family, no way. NO WAY!’ Clauw continued.
The mom previously said Bonnell deleted her social media accounts before leaving Michigan for Florida.
Her apartment was left furnished and most, if not all, of her clothing appeared to be missing.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Clauw, the Clinton Township police in Michigan and the West Palm Beach police in Florida for comment.
