Police have started a search for the woman that vanished during a 2-minute drive to work

Oct 18, 2012 18:21 GMT  ·  By

Whitney Heichel, of Gresham, Oregon, went to work yesterday, and disappeared after what was supposed to be a 2-minute drive. Police reports reveal that her SUV has been found abandoned, with one window smashed.

Clint Heichel, the woman's husband, declared her missing after she hadn't showed up for work at 10 a.m. He had received a call from a concerned co-worker asking about the woman's whereabouts.

According to the Huffington Post, the woman's car was located by her friends in a Walmart parking lot, 5 miles from her residence, at 1 p.m. yesterday.

At around 9 a.m. the same day, her credit card was used to buy gas at two separate stations. The purchases were made just eight minutes apart, one at 9:22 a.m. and another at 9:30 a.m.

"The passenger side window was busted out, the backseats were down, there was mud on her tires," Mr. Heichel said.

Whitney Heichel is 5'2", and weighs approximately 120 pounds. Husband Clint urges readers to send in information about his wife if they were to come across any, by contacting the Gresham police at 503-618-2719 or 1-888-989-3505.