Where is Hannah Upp?

[Unamused Cat]

More than a week after teacher went missing, her mother begs for clues.

The mother of a Manhattan public school teacher who disappeared more than a week ago made a desperate plea Friday for help finding her daughter.

"The only reason I continue to talk publicly is just so there might be some connection that someone will have seen her, have some clue, some word that we haven't thought of, or the police haven't thought of," said the Rev. Barbara Bellus, 59, the mother of Hannah Upp.

Upp, 23, has been missing since Aug. 29 - just before the start of the school year.

"She's never taken off in this way at all before. I cannot imagine what has happened," Bellus said.

"It's beyond anything I can comprehend or guess. It's terrible. Your imagination runs wild in all different directions."

Upp was last seen at her Hamilton Heights apartment, fresh from the shower as she got ready for a day at nearby Thurgood Marshall Academy.

Her friends said they do not think Upp fled, especially because her wallet, MetroCard, clothes and cell phone were left in the apartment.

There were some signs, however, that the 2007 graduate of Pennsylvania's Bryn Mawr College was struggling in her new life.

One source said Upp - an NYC Teaching Fellow who was about to get her own classroom - skipped work the day before she disappeared.

Instead of excitedly prepping her classroom for a new academic year, Upp went to a movie by herself in Times Square on Aug. 28 and withdrew $40 from a nearby ATM, the source said.

The principal of Thurgood Marshall declined to comment, and education sources said Upp was at school that day.

The United Federation of Teachers offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Upp's return.

Upp recently posted an article about the problems of the New York City public schools on her blog, but friends said she loved teaching Spanish to middle school students.

"To my knowledge, she may have been more frustrated than unhappy," said college friend Hannah Wood, 22. "I think that she found it hard, but she really enjoyed what she was doing. I think she really felt that she was making some sort of difference."

Cops said there is no evidence of foul play. They have checked every apartment in the building where she lives, as well as the roof, basement, backyard and area parks.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008...went_miss.html

[Unamused Cat]

The United Federation of Teachers announced that it is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Hannah Upp.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5751805&page=1

[Unamused Cat]

A missing 23-year-old teacher, who has sparked a 10-day search by authorities, friends and family, was seen alive recently in New York, the woman's brother told ABCNews.com.


This undated photo provided by the New York Police Department shows New York City school teacher Hannah Upp, 23, who has gone missing just days before classes began. Upp was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, as she left her apartment in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Collapse

Dan "Wally" Upp said that his sister Hannah Upp, who went missing Aug. 29, according to police, was recently spotted in midtown New York City. Upp declined to comment on media reports that his sister was spotted checking her e-mail in an Apple store.

"It has been a huge sign of hope and encouragement to her friends and family, and our deepest wish is that she is found as soon as possible," he wrote in an e-mail from Japan, where he is stationed with the Navy. "We still have no idea what brought all this about or what the rest of the story is, and there is no point in speculating right now."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5761232&page=1

The sighting of Upp in Manhattan raises the possibility that she is not a victim of a crime and has voluntarily dropped out of sight.

[SoUncool]

I want to voluntarily disappear too. I hope she writes a book so I can learn her trick. Well, you know, other than actually being spotted in an Apple store checking her e-mail...

[michelle]

She was hoping her acne went missing.....

I know, BAD,BAD, Michelle.
*slaps myself*
Hope she is okay.

[Jaded]

NEW YORK - A Portland woman who was teaching in New York City and disappeared days before classes were to start was rescued from the waters off Staten Island.

The New York Daily News reports that ferry workers pulled 23-year-old Hannah Upp to safety Tuesday after she jumped off a pier in a failed suicide attempt.

Ferry police said the vessel’s captain was docking a ship and noticed something in water before he called for rescue crews. Investigators said they were trying to figure out if Upp jumped, fell or was pushed off the pier.

Police said she was taken to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon....81b2bde8.html

[RockRGrl]

http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon....81b2bde8.html

I didn't see this one coming.

[Ruby]

Oh, how thoroughly bizarre! Where the hell has she been for 2 weeks? I can't wait to hear this story!!!

[nurseronda]

Oh, how thoroughly bizarre! Where the hell has she been for 2 weeks? I can't wait to hear this story!!!

Probably met some guy on the internet then he told her he didn't want her anymore...Just a guess.

[Unamused Cat]

Hannah being rescued, cos she wants the attention. Bah!

[polis]

Investigators aren't buying school teacher Hannah Upp's assertions that she doesn't have any memory of how she ended up in the waters off Staten Island yesterday afternoon, police sources tell the Advance.

http://www.silive.com/news/advance/i...620.xml&coll=1


hmmm... holes in her story. She doesn't seem to remember...but she remembered her gym membership so she could shower everyday since she went missing....

weird weird weird.