Earlier today, the Boulder Police Department requested assistance in locating a woman who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. Yvonne Barnett, 64, left her home in the Mapleton Hill neighborhood at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and withdrew a modest amount of cash from an ATM at 6 p.m. She did not return home last night. This morning, shortly before 8 a.m. Barnett phoned her husband and said she was laying down in a field somewhere. She reported that she could hear traffic but could not see any homes in the area.

During the investigation by the Boulder Police Department, it was determined that Ms. Barnett caught an RTD bus to Nederland at about 7:40 p.m. and arrived in Nederland at about 8:15 p.m. where she was dropped off. She was last seen walking to the Calvary Church.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, had already staged search resources in Nederland, which included several deputies and Deputy Cathy Bryarly with her tracking bloodhound, Sally, and members from the Nederland Police Department, Nederland Fire Department, Rocky Mountain Rescue, Front Range Rescue Dogs and Pridemark Ambulance. Upon learning that Ms. Barnett was last seen near the Calvary Church, Deputy Bryarly and Sally began a track from the bus stop and tracked directly to Ms. Barnett who was found lying on the ground near the rear of the church.

Ms. Barnett had sustained a head wound from an apparent fall and was disoriented. Her injury was not deemed serious and she was transported to Boulder Community Hospital for evaluation.