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Amy Hillyard

Oakland coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard is missing after last being seen near Lake Merritt.

Missing person
last updated 24 August 2026 · 5 sources
Confirmed facts
12
Open questions
5
Missing since
25 Mar 2026
Reward
$25,000
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Case file Amy Hillyard, reference D C zero one five four. CBS News Bay Area, citing Oakland police, reported that Amy Hillyard, fifty-two, was last seen around two p.m. on March twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six, on the five hundred block of Radnor Road near Lake Merritt in Oakland. CBS News Bay Area, citing police, reported she is five feet four inches tall, about one hundred twenty pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes. CBS News Bay Area reported differing police-linked clothing descriptions: later reports listed a tan-colored top and tan pants, while a March thirtieth update listed a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers with a black stripe. CBS News Bay Area, citing Oakland police, reported that police considered Hillyard at risk because of undisclosed medical conditions. The outlet reported vigils, canvassing, an emergency alert, and an August search by about forty volunteers at Redwood Regional Park. The file’s open questions include where Hillyard is now, what happened after the last sighting, whether she went to Redwood Regional Park, whether police have new leads, and which clothing description the public should rely on. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one five four at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed12 entries
25 March 2026
Amy Hillyard, 52, was last seen around 2 p.m. on the 500 block of Radnor Road near Lake Merritt in Oakland.
CBS News Bay Area citing Oakland police
25 March 2026
Oakland police described Hillyard as 5 feet 4 inches tall, about 120 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes.
CBS News Bay Area citing Oakland police
25 March 2026
CBS News Bay Area reported two different clothing descriptions from police-linked updates: a tan-colored top and tan pants in later reports, and a white T-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers with a black stripe in a March 30 update.
CBS News Bay Area
27 March 2026
The Oakland Police Department was searching for Hillyard and said she was believed to be at risk because of undisclosed medical conditions.
CBS News Bay Area citing Oakland police
27 March 2026
CBS News Bay Area reported that Hillyard and her husband own Farley's East in downtown Oakland and Farley's in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood.
CBS News Bay Area
29 March 2026
Family and friends held a vigil at Lake Merritt and asked the community to review home surveillance footage for information.
CBS News Bay Area
29 March 2026
CBS News Bay Area reported that police and volunteers had been canvassing Oakland for Hillyard after she was reported missing.
CBS News Bay Area
29 March 2026
During the vigil, the California Highway Patrol sent an emergency alert to phones in the area seeking information in Hillyard's disappearance.
CBS News Bay Area
13 April 2026
Hillyard's family offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.
CBS News Bay Area
25 May 2026
Friends and family held another vigil two months after Hillyard's disappearance.
CBS News Bay Area
25 May 2026
Oakland police continued to investigate and said they had found no evidence of foul play or a crime such as kidnapping.
CBS News Bay Area citing Oakland police
9 August 2026
About 40 volunteers searched trails at Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland Hills; search and rescue specialist Steve Fischer said the park was important to Hillyard and one of her favorite places.
CBS News Bay Area
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Where is Amy Hillyard now?unconfirmed; no trusted source reports a resolution · unconfirmed
What happened after Hillyard was last seen near Lake Merritt on 25 March 2026?unconfirmed; no confirmed timeline after last sighting · unconfirmed
Did Hillyard go to Redwood Regional Park after she disappeared?unconfirmed; searchers identified the park as important to her, not as a confirmed destination · unconfirmed
Have police developed new leads since the May vigil?unconfirmed; latest trusted reporting did not identify confirmed new leads · unconfirmed
Which clothing description should the public rely on?unconfirmed; trusted reporting contains conflicting descriptions · unconfirmed
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