Missing
Virgie Baliton
May 13, 2017
Date and time person was reported missing : 05/13/2017
Missing location (approx) :
Berkeley, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Asian
DOB : 05/07/1976 (45)
Age at the time of disappearance: 41 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A tan jacket, a red sweater and a scarf.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Baliton is of Filipino descent.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Baliton was last seen in Berkeley, California on May 13, 2017. She worked as the live-in caregiver for an 80-year-old Chinese woman who lived in Hong Kong. The woman and Baliton went to the United States so the woman could see her granddaughter graduate from the University of California at Berkeley. During the trip, Baliton disappeared.
The family was at an on-campus restaurant called the Cafe Strada at 9:00 a.m. when Baliton said she had to go to the bathroom. The Cafe Strada's bathroom was out of order, so she left the restaurant to look for one elsewhere. She never returned and has never been heard from again.
The circumstances of Baliton's disappearance are unclear. Her employers are afraid for her safety, as she was unfamiliar with the United States. She had been working for that family for fourteen years, and, prior to taking the job in Hong Kong, she lived in the Philippines. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
University of California at Berkeley Police Department
510-642-6760
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
ABS/CBN News
Philippine News
October 12, 2004. May 13, 2018; .
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