Second-grade teacher Terrilynn Monette, who joined the "TeachNOLA" program, which sends educators from around the country to New Orleans to teach in troubled and impoverished areas, has been missing since celebrating with her friends at a bar on March 2 CNN reported. Monnette reportedly told her friend she was going to sleep in her car parked nearby on that evening WGMB reported.
Friends said they saw the California native talking to a man near her at about 4 a.m the morning of March 2. By sunrise, "she and her 2012 black Honda Accord were gone without a trace. The man that she was seen speaking to in the wee hours of the night has been interviewed by police and ruled out as a suspect in her disappearance," the Associated Press reported
Volunteers, including co-workers from Woodland West Elementary School and family members from her Long Beach hometown, turned out in droves to help in search of Monette, WWLT reported. More than 200 people checked New Orleans' City Park, which is near Parlay's Bar in the Lakeview section where she was last seen. Monette is described as a 5 foot 8 inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds with long brown hair.
"There's total emptiness in my life right now. I miss my daughter so, so much, no one can hardly believe the impact that she has had on our family," Monette's mother, Toni Enclade told reporters..
"She's a beautiful person. She walks in the room, she lights up with her beautiful smile. I can't imagine anyone that would take her away from us."
On the night of her disappearance, Monette wore a pink and yellow sweater and jeans. Her left leg is tattooed.
The New Orleans Police Department's phone number is 504-658-4000
