WALTON _ A 21-year-old Walton woman is still missing, but Cortland police are pursuing leads, Lt. Paul A. Sandy said Monday.
Rebecca Gruver has not been seen or heard from since May 8. Her mother, Sharon Gruver, contacted the Cortland Police Department on May 14 to report her daughter missing.
Sandy said Gruver's disappearance is "being worked diligently and the search is escalating on a daily basis. We have pulled out all the stops and are absolutely trying to check every lead.
"She is not in trouble," Sandy said. "People seem to think she has done something wrong, and she hasn't."
Sandy said police departments in Walton, Buffalo, Elmira and Ithaca, as well as in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio, are among others involved in the investigation of Gruver's whereabouts.
"We can't verify it, but she has probably gone somewhere of her own accord," Sandy said.
Sandy said Gruver is not using her cell phone, which could have helped track her movements.
Gruver was last seen in Cortland on May 8 when she told her roommate she was packing to go home to Walton.
Sharon Gruver, Rebecca's mother, said Thursday night that she had last seen her daughter May 2 as she left her home in Walton to return to Cortland.
Olsen said the Walton and Cortland police departments are working together to try to locate Gruver, who is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds and has medium-length brown hair and brown eyes.
Her car is a 2001 blue Pontiac Sunfire with Ohio registration DXU 3647.
Sandy said time between the disappearance and the police notification gave Rebecca Gruver a "whole week for a head start."
Police are asking anyone who has seen her or knows where she may be to call the Cortland Police Department at 753-3001, ext. 0, or the Walton Police Department at 865-5400.
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Patricia Breakey can be reached at 746-2894 or at stardelhi@stny.rr.com.
