Missing woman found inside car at bottom of river.
PULASKI COUNTY -- Update: Wednesday May 11 at 3:15 p.m.
Divers have recovered the body of a missing Pulaski County woman.
The water recovery team Wednesday found the body of Deborah Lynn Cirrincione, 54, inside her Jeep in a deep pocket of water in the Gasconade River.
Wednesday morning, Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Under Water Recovery Team reports that electronic monitoring instruments registered the image of a vehicle on the river's floor near the Riddle Bridge.
"Due to the very swift and strong current at that location a request was made for additional divers," the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office wrote in a press release.
Early in the afternoon, divers entered the water and removed the 2005 Blue Jeep Wrangler and Cirrincione's body.
The coroner was on scene to identify the body and notify the family.
The sheriff's department says it would like to thank all the volunteers who helped in the search.
Cirrincione was last heard from on Thursday, April 28th when she called her daughter to say she was returning home from Wal-Mart.
Update: Thursday, May 5 at 9:15 p.m.
Mother's day is in just a few days an for one Mid-Missouri family it will be extremely difficult.
It's been exactly one week since a Deborah Cirrincione vanished from her home in Dixon and now her family vows to keep looking for her anyway they can.
"We're looking for her everyday, even if it takes 10 years were not going to give up," Crystal Jones said.
Crystal's mother, 54-year old Deborah Cirrincione has been missing since April 28.
One of the last places Deborah Cirrincione was see was at Walmart.
"She called us at 2:15p.m. and said she was going to post to get gas and she was going to head home,” Jones said.
But three hours later when she didn't show up the family became concerned.
Since then, the family and a dozen volunteers have walked along Route Y and Highway 28 in Dixon, the same way 54- year old Cirrincione may have traveled that afternoon.
"We've been out walking the roads, we've eliminated all the ditches, all the roads," Jones said. "It's been us out walking the roads for days since last Thursday, non-stop. Our next step, we're going to go door to door."
Cirrincione suffered from brain cancer and after a five year battle was told last month she had just six months to a year to live.
Doctors said the tumor could cause a fatal seizure, but crystal doesn't believe that is what happened to her mom.
Crystal said her family is desperate for answers and now they've even consulted psychics.
"They've all come up with the same story, that somebody's got her and they're all saying that she's withing 3-5 miles of her home," Jones said. "At first we thought maybe she's out there, maybe had the seizure in the woods but we really think somebody's got her now."
Until they find an answer, crystal said her family will never stop looking for her mother. In fact, they are organizing another search for Sunday, Mother's day.
Sunday at 11 am at the Rittle Bridge in Dixon, Jones, her family will continue their search.
They said they appreciate any and all volunteers to help them find their loved one.
Update: May 4th at 4:00 p.m.:
About a dozen volunteers helped search Wednesday for a woman who went missing nearly a week ago.
The family of Deborah Cirrincione, 54, now fears that foul play may have been involved is her disappearance.
"I am beginning to think that maybe she picked somebody up and they have her," said Cirrincione's daughter Crystal Jones. "We've checked the roads where she would have gone off the road."
Cirrincione's cell phone has not 'pinged' with a transmission tower since last Thursday, the day she disappeared.
"If someone took her they could have taken out the battery or broken the phone," Jones said.
It could also be possible that the phone could stop transmitting a signal if it was submerged in water.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department used boats Tuesday evening to search along the Gasconade River in hopes of finding Cirrincione's Jeep Wrangler. They didn't find anything.
Volunteers Wednesday focused their search closer to Cirrincione's home in Dixon by walking the shoulders of Route N and Highway 133.
The family has already walked along most of Route Y and Highway 28, which Cirrincione would have taken on her return trip from the Wal-Mart in St. Robert.
The day that she disappeared, a bridge along Route Y was roped off because of flood waters. The family said Cirrincione would not have tried to bypass the ropes and that she most likely took Highway 28 to get home.
The Red Cross is coordinating getting Cirrincione's son home from Afghanistan. Brian Cirrincione has been in Afghanistan since late 2010 as part of his 4th tour of duty, his expected to be in mid-Missouri by Thursday.
"I finally lost it yesterday when we called the sheriff's department and they said there was not much more they can do," Jones said.
"Why should I be the one out her searching on foot?" Jones said. "I should be at home comforting my father, but I'm not going to give up."
The family says it still needs more help. Anyone wishing to volunteer can call the family at home at 573-759-2164 or on their cell phone at 573-452-3609.
You can also call the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 573-774-6196 with any information about the case.
Update: May 3rd at 3:30 p.m.:
The family of a missing mid-Missouri woman continued searching along rural highways Tuesday.
Deborah Lynn Cirrincione, 54, was last heard from on Thursday, April 28th when she called her daughter to say she was returning home from Wal-Mart.
Cirrincione hasn't been seen or heard from since and the family believes she may have driven off the road on her way home.
The family is searching along Route Y on Tuesday, which stretches the approximately 17 miles between Cirrincione's home in Dixox to St. Robert, where the Wal-Mart is located.
Monday evening the family finished searching along both sides of Highway 28, which was the only other route the family believes Cirrincione would have taken to get home.
Cirrincione's daughter, Crystal Jones, says she knows it's possible her mother is dead, but is holding onto hope that she will be found alive.
"We go back and forth," Jones said. "We hope she is alive but we don't want her to be suffering, we just want to find her."
Total strangers have volunteered to help the family walk the miles of highway. .
"It was wonderful," Jones said of the volunteers who helped in the search. "It lets you know that people do care."
Jones said the family checks Cirrincione's cell phone and banking records numerous times each day. There has not been any activity since the day she disappeared.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department has searched the waterways near the highways but didn't find anything.
The family says it still needs more help. Anyone wishing to volunteer can call the family at home at 573-759-2164 or on their cell phone at 573-452-3609.
You can also call the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 573-774-6196 with any information about the case.
Original Story, May 2nd at 3:23 p.m.:
A Dixon, Missouri woman went to Wal-Mart last Thursday and hasn't been seen since, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department.
The family of Deborah Lynn Cirrincione, 54, reported her missing on April 28th after she never returned from Wal-Mart.
"It's like she just vanished," said Crystal Jones, Cirrincione's daughter. "She is on meds, she has heart problems and brain cancer and she can't be without her medication."
Jones said that her mother called her around 2:15 p.m. Thursday to say that she was leaving the Wal-Mart in St. Robert and heading to Fort Leonard Wood to get gas before heading home.
A credit card transaction confirmed that Cirrincione purchased gas at the military installation, according to Jones. There haven't been any banking transactions since on any of Cirrincione's accounts.
The family checked the phone records and discovered that the last phone call from Cirrincione's cell phone was around 3 p.m. when she left a message on a friend's answering machine saying that she was in the area and wanted to stop by. The friend wasn't at home and heard the message later.
By early evening, the family knew something was wrong. They called police around 5:30 p.m.
"We were panicking," Jones said. "We called everybody asking for help."
Jones said she and about a half-dozen other family members are walking every mile of Route Y and Highway 28 in search of Cirrincione's 2005 blue Jeep Wrangler. Those are the two routes Cirrincione would have taken to travel the approximately 17 miles from St. Robert to get home to Dixon.
"We've searched day and night," Jones said. "My husband and children and I have gone out searching with flashlights in the middle of the night."
Jones lives with Cirrincione and has cared for her since Cirrincione was diagnosed with brain cancer about a year ago. At the time, doctors gave Cirrincione 6 months to a year to live.
"They said she would most likely die because of a seizure," Jones said, speaking by cell phone as she walked the along the highway. "Because we think she had a seizure, there may not be tire tracks showing where she went off the road, she could have just glided off the road."
Another concern was flooding that could have played a role in Cirrincione's disappearance. The family said the water was very high along Route Y on Thursday.
Mrs. Cirrincione is described as a white female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, with short red hair and brown eyes. Her 2005 blue Jeep Wrangler has a Missouri license plate of SF1-N6Y.
The family is asking for help in searching along the highways. Anyone wishing to volunteer can call the family at home at 573-759-2164 or on their cell phone at 573 452 3609.
You can also call the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 573-774-6196 with any information about the case.
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