HOUSTON, Texas (WPVI) -- It's a growing mystery outside of Houston.A barefoot woman was seen on surveillance video ringing a doorbell in the middle of the night, and then vanishing.The woman appears to look in distress, she doesn't have shoes and some think it looks like she has restraints around her wrist.The video was captured on a doorbell camera around 3:30 a.m. Friday.People who live nearby are concerned.Police say they have no idea who she is.But they are reminding people not to open their doors, instead, they want you to call 911.------<doc-sep>An unidentified woman rang the doorbell of a Texas home in the middle of the night and then disappeared Police Search for Mystery Woman Who Rang Doorbell with Restraints on Wrists — and Then Disappeared Police are searching for an unidentified woman who was seen on surveillance video with apparent restraints around her wrists ringing the doorbell of a Texas home in the middle of the night before vanishing, according to law enforcement. Shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday, a Montgomery, Texas, resident woke up after hearing the doorbell, stated the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in a press release. Get push notifications with news, features and more. The unidentified resident reviewed surveillance video, which is triggered whenever someone rings the doorbell, and saw a woman wearing only a T-shirt with restraints around her wrist. Then the woman left the frame. “There are no missing person’s reports from the area that match this individual,” the sheriff’s office stated in the release. “Deputies have canvased the area, completed a door-to-door check and interviews of residences as well as businesses in the area.” • 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. Deputies have received numerous missing persons flyers from around the state, as well as across the region, but have not been able to identify the woman. “Deputies and detectives are reviewing these flyers for any similarities, but as of now none are believed to be the women in the video,” they state in the release.<doc-sep>While it was posted that the substance is likely ash is from Volcano Shiveluch, they are a number of volcanoes that are currently active. The source of the material has not been scientifically confirmed. According to a story posted by The Spokesman Review: "One meteorologist speculated that the dirt was volcanic ash that got into the atmosphere from Mexico." We have received reports of 'white stuff' on vehicles. The ash is more than likely from Volcano Shiveluch in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, which spewed an ash plume to about the 22,000-foot level in late January. It has been deposited in a wide spread area, including Washington and Oregon. 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The department said it is not naming the woman because she is a victim of domestic violence and sexual assault. “We are confident, based on the totality of the circumstances, and the evidence available to us, that we have identified the female in the doorbell video and that she is safe,” Lt. Scott Spencer said in a news conference on Thursday. “She’s very distraught about this, she’s embarrassed, she’s upset, she’s in shock that this has come to this.” CNN affiliate KPRC reported that a barefoot woman apparently visited at least five houses in the Sunrise Ranch neighborhood in the early morning of August 24. The incident alarmed residents, leading law enforcement to investigate what they called a “suspicious incident.” Police released surveillance footage of the woman approaching a home. The grainy video, captured around 3:20 a.m. on August 24, shows a woman walking up to a house and ringing the doorbell. She’s wearing a T-shirt, and appears to have some sort of shackle hanging from her right wrist. The woman told detectives the restraints were like those typically used in “private intimate encounters,” Spencer said. The woman told a detective that her boyfriend used them to tie her up. She broke free and went from one house to another, ringing doorbells in search of help, Spencer said. When no one answered she went back to the residence. On Wednesday, her boyfriend was found dead, Spencer said. Deputies responded to a home in Sunrise Ranch and met a woman who said she had received troubling messages from her ex-husband, Spencer said. Inside the home, they found a 49-year-old man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man’s girlfriend was not at the home when deputies arrived, the statement said. But she was confirmed to be the woman in the video. “The female that we have all been looking for has been identified and is safe. She is currently outside Montgomery County and our investigators will be meeting with her to continue the investigation,” the statement said. Authorities reviewed various images and canvassed the neighborhood for evidence. Officers inspected houses and conducted interviews with people who live and work in the area. “We were dead asleep in our beds. My husband was woken up by the doorbell ring. It rang probably 20 to 30 times,” one resident, who did not want to be named, told CNN affiliate KPRC. “He walked outside, no one was in sight. It’s like she disappeared in thin air.” CNN’s Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.<doc-sep>
Police are investigating after a mysterious half-dressed woman rang several doorbells in the middle of the night in Texas and then vanished. Cops said the "suspicious" incident happened at 3.20am on Friday, when the woman was captured on a home surveillance camera ringing the doorbell of a house in Sunrise Ranch, Montgomery, Texas. In the footage released by police, the woman can be seen walking up to the door emerging from behind a bush, ringing the bell, then walking away. She is wearing a white t-shirt and has unknown objects dangling around her wrists. (Image: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office) An anonymous neighbour told ABC News that she rang the doorbell of several different neighbours but disappeared by the time they answered their doors. "The look on her face, but she was being very very quiet… she just looked distressed," one neighbour who saw the footage told the broadcaster. After police posted the video online, local residents got in touch with speculations that she may have been abducted - pointing to missing persons in the surrounding area. In a media release posted on Facebook , the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office stated: "Numerous citizens in the state and outside have sent missing persons flyers suggesting the woman in the video is a missing person from their area. "Deputies and Detectives are reviewing these flyers for any similarities, but as of now none are believed to be the women in the video". The sheriff’s office said it was reviewing further surveillance footage from the surrounding area and will update the public on the investigation via social media. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office urges anyone with information about the woman to contact them at 936-760-5800.