Missing Runner Later Found Dead Was ‘Acting Strange’ and Said She Was ‘Hearing Demon Voices’: Police Report
Since the headline-making disappearance of Arielle Valdes, new details have come to light in police documents indicating she was having mental health struggles
In the days since the headline-making disappearance of Arielle Valdes, who was later found dead, new details have come to light in police documents indicating the young woman was having struggles with her mental health, as police have said there’s no indication of a public safety threat.
When she reported her 21-year-old daughter as missing on the evening of Aug. 28, Priscila Coutinho said that her daughter “had been acting strange for the last couple of days,” according to an incident report from Florida’s Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) that was obtained by PEOPLE.
Coutinho also mentioned that her daughter said “she was hearing demon voices in her head,” per the report.
According to her mother, when Valdes — who was not on any medication, nor had she received any relevant diagnosis — left her home in North Fort Myers on Aug. 28 around 6:30 p.m. she was not wearing shoes.
Coutinho said that she had asked her daughter, described as a “long-distance marathon runner” who “usually goes out for jogs and returns,” to share her location after she had previously run off and been found at a nearby electric plant earlier that morning.
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