Investigation underway for missing woman in Columbia County
33-year-old Katlyn Harp was last seen at her home near Bloomsburg last Thursday.
State Police say that at this point in time it's being handled as a missing person investigation, but they do confirm with 28/22 News that they have conducted searches for Harp
We are learning more tonight about the state police investigation into the disappearance of a columbia county woman.
33-year-old Katlyn Harp from the Bloomsburg area went missing last Thursday.
The I-team's Andy Mehalshick is working the story.
The I-team has confirmed that the state police have brought a lot of resources to bear in this investigation to find Harp.
Her family says, the mother of five, would never just walk away from her life.
33-year-old Katlyn Harp was last seen last Thursday, June 19 at her home on Fairview Drive in Hemlock Township, that's near Bloomsburg.
Hemlock Township Police launched the initial missing person investigation, the state police took over the case on Sunday.
A Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson tells the I-team the have conducted searches in recent days at yet undisclosed locations.
Those searches included the use of aviation, k-9's, drones, the state police, special emergency response team (SERT), and pennsylvania game commission officers and their ATVs.
We saw a state police cruiser driving slowly by Harp's home on Thursday.
I spoke with Jessica Norris, Harp's cousin. She says they are holding out hope that she is okay.
'The family in my opinion is trying to stay calm and positive on the outcome of finding her, but we are all obviously devastated and just mentally and emotionally exhausted. We all just want to find her,' said Norris.
I asked norris if her cousin might have left on her own accord:
' as far as her going off on her own, no she would not have done that and not have contacted someone by now,' expressed Norris.
Harp's disappearance has gone viral online with many people offering opinions and what might have happened, if anything, to her.
Norris told me: 'We are very appreciative of the community's support and efforts in trying to piece these clues together and find her, but at the same time there is so much speculation being posted online it is making it hard to determine what is factual and what is hear-say, but we don't want to discourage the public from continuing to help.'
I went to Harp's home in Hemlock Township Thursday to try and talk with her husband, no one answered the door, harp is the mother of five children.
If you have any information about her disappearance you are urged to contact state police.
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