Kristin Westra, an elementary teacher at Chebeague Island School in Maine, was reported missing on Monday morning by her husband A Maine teacher and mom of two vanished from her home late Sunday or early Monday and her husband says he awoke to discover her gone and her phone, car and keys left behind at their home in a rural area of North Yarmouth, PEOPLE confirms. Asked if authorities suspect foul play in the mysterious disappearance of 47-year-old Kristin Westra, an elementary teacher at Chebeague Island School, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Stewart tells PEOPLE, “We’re not leaning in that direction. Usually we would have found her by now.” Get push notifications with news, features and more. “There’s a lot we don’t know,” Stewart says. “Usually we’ll have a better idea to lead us in one direction or another, but unfortunately right now we can’t rule one avenue out as opposed to another.” Jay Westra, Kristin’s husband, said he last saw his wife about 8 p.m. Sunday when the two went to bed at their home, which sits on a wooded lot along Lufkin Road home in North Yarmouth, about 14 miles north of Portland, according to authorities. When Jay awoke the next morning, Kristin was nowhere to be found, police said. “It is not known if she has a vehicle or why she would be missing,” the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said in a missing-persons alert. Authorities also aren’t sure when Kristin left her home, what clothes she was wearing, where she might have been headed or why or if she was wearing shoes. Says Capt. Stewart: “We don’t have a lot to go on, is the problem.” 20181002_missing_0796.jpg Authorities search for missing Kristin Westra in North Yarmouth, Maine | Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty 20181002_missing_0623.jpg Authorities search for missing Kristin Westra in North Yarmouth, Maine | Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty The “complicated search” of the surrounding area, which is wooded with heavy undergrowth, was further obstructed by “very foul weather” on Tuesday, Stewart says. About 70 searchers — including those with the Maine State Police and civilians with the Maine Association for Search and Rescue aided by trained dogs — have covered about two miles around Kristin’s home since she was reported missing by her husband about 9 a.m. Monday. Although the family has neighbors, the homes are several hundred feet apart, Scott says. Kristin’s brother, Eric Rohrbach, said she did not have a history of mental illness and did not take medications that might have altered her behavior, although authorities offered a theory that she may not have been thinking clearly and believed she needed to flee her residence, reports the Portland Press Herald. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. “It’s incredibly surreal. It’s something out of a nightmare,” Rohrbach said, according to the newspaper. “It’s a horrible situation to think that she’s immobilized somewhere in the woods. But there’s a huge party searching for her.” He said his sister — who has a 9-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old stepson — recently dealt with the twin stresses of ongoing remodeling and renovation at both her school and the family’s home. “When she comes home, [they] don’t have a place to relax,” Rohrbach told the Press Herald. “They were like eating dinner in the garage. Kristin is someone who likes to come home and curl up with a book, and she couldn’t do that.” 20181002_missing_0146.jpg Authorities search for missing Kristin Westra in North Yarmouth, Maine | Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Kristin had plans with friends and a doctor’s appointment scheduled for Monday, her brother said. But her husband told Rorbach that she was restless trying to sleep Sunday night, Rorbach said. Police surmise she may have just walked out of her house. “It was raining and she left without her keys, without her car, without her phone. And we think she was wearing flip-flops,” Rohrbach said, according to the Press Herald. “She does a lot of yoga and she does a lot of running, but she doesn’t do it at that time of night. And if she did, the Kristin I know would have told Jay or brought her phone.” Kristin is 5-foot-10-inches tall, weighing about 140 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes.<doc-sep>A body found in the woods in Maine is believed to be a missing elementary school teacher and mom-of-two who disappeared in the middle of the night earlier this week. Police announced Friday that a woman's body was discovered in the woods less than half a mile from the home of 47-year-old Kristin Westra, who disappeared around 3am on October 1. Authorities would not say who found the body, but a man living in a house near the scene told the Press Herald that his grandchildren made the discovery around 10.30am while playing in the woods. Police have yet to confirm the identity of the body saying during a press conference that they were waiting for the medical examiner's office to release information. Police found the body of a woman on Friday morning believed to be missing Kristin Westra. She is pictured above with her husband, Jay Westra Westra disappeared from her home on October 1 after seeking emergency medical help for anxiety, her husband said Westra's husband Jay Westra, however, seemingly confirmed the tragic news in a Facebook post. Sharing a photo of himself with his wife, he wrote: 'My heart was crushed today'. According to the Press Herald, family and friends filed in and out of the Westra's North Yarmouth home on Friday afternoon. Most of them declined to speak with reporters, saying they were still trying to process the news. 'As you can imagine, we're all in shock, and we're not going to be saying anything right now,' one man told the outlet. A friend of Westra's said 'things are still so raw'. Hours after police said they had found a body in the woods, Jay Westra posted this photo with his wife writing that his 'heart was crushed' Westra was the mother-of-two kids and an elementary school teacher. She's pictured on the left with her husband and on the right Police and volunteers had been searching the area for the past few days after Jay Westra said his wife got out of bed around 3am on Monday, left the home and never returned. She had left her car and phone behind. The Maine State Police previously said her disappearance was not suspicious. Westra's brother, Eric Rohrbach, told ABC News that is was 'very abnormal' for his sister to disappear without a trace and she was the 'last person that would do something like this'. Jay Westra told NBC News earlier this week that the day before his wife vanished she had sought emergency medical help and had a 'safety assessment' after experiencing anxiety. 'Sunday morning, Kristin was experiencing what I would call some anxiety and she expressed that she had some sleepless nights and was worried,' he said. Wells was an elementary school teacher at Chebeague Island School in Maine Authorities have not confirmed the body found in the woods is Wells and they did not say how the body was located Jay Westra, a pediatric oncology nurse, said he arranged for her to see a medical professional and she had an assessment that determined she was not a risk to harm herself or others. He said after her appointment, they returned home and Westra went for a run while he went to the grocery store. Jay Westra said his family ate dinner together before he and Westra went to bed around 8pm. According to Press Herald, Jay Westra said his wife planned to get blood work done on Monday and told him that she was feeling better after her appointment. 'We had a plan. Kristin is a person who when she has a plan, she stick to the plan and she follows through and she does things well, every time,' he said. Westra was a mother-of-two and taught third through fifth grade at Chebeague Island School in Maine.<doc-sep>
Kristin Westra was last seen by her husband as they went to bed. There was no trace of her the next morning. Best Apps and Ways to Use Your Phone During an Emergency What To Do During An Active Shooter Incident Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! Kristin Westra, 47, a mom and local elementary school teacher, was last seen Sunday night by her husband when the two were reportedly going to bed. But by Monday morning, Westra had vanished, leaving behind her vehicle, cellphone and keys. The disappearance has prompted a massive search effort by local authorities who say they do not know "why she would be missing," according to a statement posted on Facebook by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office. On Tuesday more than 70 volunteers searched an area near her home looking for clues into her disappearance. The effort also included the Maine State Police, the Maine Warden Service, Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, North Yarmouth Fire Rescue, Chebeague Island Fire Rescue and the Civil Air Patrol, according to news station WMTW. Lt. Mark Holmquist of the Maine State Police told the Portland Press Herald it was "too soon" to know if the disappearance was suspicious, but said it was uncertain whether the search effort on the ground would continue on Wednesday due to the weather and "information that has come into us" about the investigation. Westra's brother, Eric Rohrbach, told the paper one theory from investigators is that Westra may not have been thinking clearly and decided to leave the house. “It’s incredibly surreal. It’s something out of a nightmare,” he told the paper, calling it a "horrible situation." A neighbor's surveillance footage captured Westra, who is a mom to a 9-year-old daughter and 16-year-old stepson, returning from a run about 6 p.m. on Sunday night, according to ABC News. Her husband, Jay Westra, has said he last saw his wife that night before he went to bed. Rohrbach said Jay told him that he thought Westra, who had allegedly been having trouble sleeping, left the bedroom around 3 a.m. to presumably go sleep in an empty room, ABC News reports. The next morning, after noticing she wasn't home, he tried calling her cell phone but heard it ringing inside the house, her brother said. Jay Westra reported her missing at about 9 a.m., according to the Press Herald. Prior to her disappearance Rohrbach said Westra was under some stress due to renovations at the elementary school where she taught and her home. “When she comes home, (the family members) don’t have a place to relax.” he told the Press Herald. “They were like eating dinner in the garage. Kristin is someone who likes to come home and curl up with a book, and she couldn’t do that.” Despite the stress and lack of sleep, Rohrbach doesn't believe his sister would have taken medication to help her sleep. "This is very abnormal," he told ABC News of the disappearance. Westra's coworkers at the Chebeague Island School are also concerned about the teacher's disappearance. Michael Pulsifer, the school's principal and district superintendent, said other teachers have been filling in for Westra during her absence. “We’re ever hopeful that Kristin will be found safe. We are keeping the faith,” he told the Press Herald. Westra is described by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office as 5'10" tall and 140 lbs with brown hair and brown eyes. They are asking anyone with information about the case to contact authorities. "This is a difficult situation for Ms. Westra's family and friends and we are working diligently to help find her," they said in a statement. [Photo: Cumberland County Sheriff's Office]