Bailey Marshi, a 23-year-old woman with a developmental disability, was last seen around 5:30 pm Sunday near Main Avenue and Tilton Lane in Orangevale, wearing a tan shirt, blue shorts and tan Birkenstocks. She stands 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighs approximately 85 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. Deputies say her cognitive functioning is about that of a 10-year-old child, a detail that has pushed her case into the highest tier of urgency for local law enforcement.
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office classified Marshi as an at-risk missing person because of her developmental disability, and is asking anyone who spots her to call the department’s non-emergency line at 916-874-5115. Main Avenue near Tilton Lane sits in a residential stretch of central-eastern Orangevale, connecting local streets near Oak Avenue, according to property records reviewed by Redfin. Orangevale itself is an unincorporated community of roughly 35,500 residents about 25 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento, per World Population Review, marked by semi-rural residential streets and proximity to local waterways.
Why the At-Risk Label Matters
Because Orangevale has no municipal police force, the Sheriff’s Office serves as the primary law enforcement agency for the community, fielding both 911 emergency calls and its dedicated non-emergency line. Under California Penal Code Section 14211, agencies are barred from imposing any waiting period before opening an investigation into an at-risk missing person, and the case is required to be treated with statutory urgency rather than following typical adult missing-person protocols. Marshi’s disability also makes her eligible for a Silver Alert, the statewide notification system authorized under California Government Code Section 8594.10 for missing developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired adults, which relies on electronic highway signs and broadcast alerts to draw public help. It remains an open question whether a formal Silver Alert has been requested or activated through the California Highway Patrol to widen public notification across Sacramento-area highways.
Sacramento County’s Sheriff’s Office also maintains a 24-hour volunteer Search and Rescue unit of more than 40 trained members certified in urban and rural search management, canine trailing and ground navigation, according to the agency’s own volunteer services program. Those unit members are registered Disaster Service Workers who regularly assist with missing person cases and evidence searches across the county. Regional case management and long-term support services for developmentally disabled adults like Marshi in Sacramento County are coordinated through the Alta California Regional Center, which operates under the Lanterman Act and serves ten Northern California counties, per the California Department of Developmental Services.
A Familiar, Difficult Pattern in Orangevale
This is not the first time an Orangevale resident’s disappearance has drawn a large-scale search effort. In January, a multi-agency search involving Sheriff’s dive teams and local fire crews recovered the body of a missing 38-year-old Orangevale resident near Lake Natoma, as Hoodline reported at the time. That case involved coordinated ground and water operations along nearby river corridors and underscores the stakes for search teams responding to reports involving vulnerable residents in the area…