Maine woman, 29, is missing after getting into a car in Times Square on Monday while in NYC to visit her boyfriend
- Christine Hammontree was seen on surveillance footage from the McDonald’s in Times Square getting into a vehicle just after 2am on Monday
- WABC reported that the car Hammontree entered with a man and two other women was a yellow cab
- She was last seen wearing an oversized blue T-shirt with cut off light blue jeans and sandals, while carrying an orange backpack
- Hammontree was reported missing on Tuesday by her parents in Maine
- Cops have spoken with Hammontree’s boyfriend, who was not identified, since her disappearance
A Maine woman has been reported missing after she was last seen getting into a car in New York City early Monday morning, cops said.
Christine Hammontree, 29, was seen on surveillance footage from the McDonald’s in Times Square getting into a vehicle with ‘a group of unidentified individuals’ just after 2am on Monday, the Falmouth Maine Police Department said in a news release.
According to WABC, the car Hammontree entered with a man and two other women was a yellow cab. Details about the cab driver and other passengers were not immediately known.
Hammontree was described as 5’9″ and 110 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing an oversized blue T-shirt with cut off light blue jeans and sandals, while carrying an orange backpack. She also wore black Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses on the top of her head, police said.
The NYPD’s CrimeStoppers has released images showing Christine Hammontree, 29, who went missing in Times Square
Hammontree was described as 5’9″ in height with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing an oversized blue T-shirt with cut off light blue jeans and sandals, while carrying an orange backpack
Hammontree was reported missing on Tuesday by her parents in Maine, Falmouth police officials said in the release.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Falmouth Maine Police Department for more information and additional comment.
Falmouth police Lt. Jeff Pardue told CentralMaine.com that Hammontree used to live in New York but had moved in with her parents in Falmouth, and was in the Big Apple visiting with a boyfriend.
Pardue told the outlet that cops have spoken with Hammontree’s boyfriend, who was not identified, since her disappearance. CentralMaine.com reported that Pardue declined to answer if the boyfriend had also lost contact with her.
Investigators are searching through cellphone information and bank activity, he told the outlet without revealing if they provided any leads.
Pardue told the New York Post that specific descriptions of the other occupants of the cab were not available and that cops are waiting for the results of a subpoena for additional video footage.
Hammontree’s disappearance is being investigated by detectives with the Falmouth Maine Police Department since her address is in Maine but the NYPD is assisting in the investigation.
Falmouth police have urged anyone who might have seen Hammontree to call them at 207-781-2300.