Terrilynn Monette Missing: La. teacher did not drink excessively on night of disappearance, cops say

(CBS/WWLT) NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Police Department said Friday that missing teacher Terrilynn Monette did not drink an excessive amount of alcohol and cameras did not show her being followed as she drove home the night of her disappearance.

According to CBS affiliate WWL, Monette and a friend went to two restaurants on March 1, before heading to Parlay's Dream Lounge in Lakeview around midnight where they met three other people. Police say they interviewed bar employees and patrons, all of whom said the missing teacher did not consume an excessive number of drinks.

Monette's phone reportedly stopped working just before 1 a.m., and police believe it may have run out of battery.

Around 3:30 a.m., Monette left the lounge and went to her car for 45 minutes with a man, WWL reports. "He said, at the time, that she was passed out in the driver's seat and appeared intoxicated. He thought it was best for her to 'sleep it off,'" police said.

She reportedly left the parking lot around 5:15 a.m. Cameras show her alone as she turned onto Harrison and then left onto Marconi. The camera at the Harrison and Marconi intersection was the last to capture her image, police said.

Police say it did not appear any cars were following her before that point, WWL reports.

A few minutes after she drove past the camera, a jogger is spotted on the camera at Marconi and Harrison. Police are asking this jogger or any jogger that was in City Park around 5 a.m. on March 2 to come forward with any information.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 822-1111.

Monette had been working in New Orleans for "Teach NOLA," a program that places educators in impoverished areas.

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