SHERIFF’S OFFICE ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY WOMAN

Update 

POTENTIAL WITNESS IDENTIFIED THANKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

A very big thank you to everyone who shared our post and contacted us with tips related to identifying the potential witness in the Halle Schmidt missing person/death investigation. Literally within minutes of releasing the information, tips started to pour in and within just a couple of hours we had positively identified the female and made contact with her. We are interviewing her now.

The power and reach of social media is profound. It’s proven to be an effective medium for keeping the public informed of cases and incidents of interest, and also a means for the public to help us – like today – by providing information when it’s needed most.

SHERIFF’S OFFICE ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY WOMAN

Greenport, NY — The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to identify a woman who is a potential witness in the Halle Schmidt missing person/death investigation.

The unidentified woman is described as a white female in her early to mid twenties, unknown height and weight but is believed to be of thin build. She may go by the name of “Molly”. She has blonde hair which may or may not be in a bun. She may possibly be from the Troy/Cohoes area. It is believed that she was picked up at the Dinosaur Barbeque restaurant in Troy on Friday September 2nd, 2016 in a dark gray 2016 Dodge Challenger and brought to the Greenport/Hudson New York area. Information received during the course of the investigation also indicates that she may be estranged from her family. This information however has not been able to be verified.