Police say missing woman Destiny Pittman found

Updated: January 26, 2019 Published: January 25, 2019

Missing Anchorage woman Destiny Pittman has been found, the Anchorage Police Department said Thursday.

Yvette Blezinski posted pictures and searched for her friend Destiny Pittman in Anchorage locations, including Crazy Horse, on January 7, 2019. (Marc Lester / ADN)

“Officers found her in Anchorage this week and she told them she was OK,” said APD spokesman MJ Thim.

Pittman, an exotic dancer who built a following dancing in clubs from Homer to Anchorage, hadn’t been reported seen since summer. Friends and family, increasingly worried she’d been a victim of foul play, reported her missing in early January. She was the subject of a Daily News story on Jan. 10.

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Thim did not offer additional details about the circumstances under which Pittman was found.

Her missing person investigation is closed, he said.

Michelle Theriault Boots

Michelle Theriault Boots is a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. She focuses on in-depth stories about the intersection of public policy and Alaskans' lives. Before joining the ADN in 2012, she worked at daily newspapers up and down the West Coast and earned a master's degree from the University of Oregon.