Police are seeking tips after a California woman failed to board a plane from Texas to California Wednesday and has not been seen since.
According to KHOU 11, Danielle Becker Friedland, 36, checked her baggage at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Wednesday night but never boarded the plane. According to loved ones, she was scheduled to fly to San Francisco.
Friedland was reportedly in treatment at the Menninger Clinic on Main Street in Houston for numerous mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts. She also hasn’t had contact with her husband, who lives in Piedmont, California.
Family friend, Will True, told the Jewish Herald-Voice that Friedland made so much progress while in the treatment program released her on November 22, so she could continue treatment in her home state.
“Over that time, with diagnosis, therapy, and medication, she has had remarkable progress to the point that the clinic was ready to discharge her and send her home to her husband and two young boys (2 and 5) in California and have her continue treatment there,” True said.
Police said Friedland purposely left her phone at the airport and has no known connections in Texas. She left the airport in a cab with $160 cash, police added.
“One of the scariest things for me is that Dani doesn’t know Houston. She doesn’t have friends or family here. She doesn’t have her luggage, her credit cards, her phone and I just can’t imagine how scary that must be,” her husband, Jordan Friedland, said.
Friedland is described as a white female who stands 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs around 100 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and was last seen in a blue puffy jacket with blue and orange stripes and blue jogger pants. She was also carrying a black suitcase.
Anyone with information on Friedland’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Houston Police Department Missing Persons Division at 832-394-1840.
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[Feature Photo: Danielle Becker Friedland/Handout]
