LA County Sheriff's Investigators Search Malibu Hillside For Missing Woman With Bipolar Disorder

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MALIBU (CBSLA) — Investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Missing Persons Unit and rescue volunteers continued to search Monday for a missing woman who suffers from bipolar disorder.

Julia Christine Snyder, 53, has been missing for a week and was last seen on Saturday, Feb. 8 around 9 p.m. near her home on the 4300 block of Ocean View Drive.

(LA County Sheriff's Dept.)

LASD described Snyder as being 5'07" tall, 140lbs, with long straight blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and flannel pajamas and is without her medications.

A command post was be set up in the area of Latigo Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway to direct the search, which took place on the hillside area northeast of Snyder's residence.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the "P3 Tips" Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using lacrimestoppers.org.