Vigil to mark ‘painful milestone’ in missing person case of Oakland mom, coffee shop owner

The Brief

  • A vigil is planned for missing woman Amy Hillyard in Oakland on Monday.
  • The 52-year-old coffee shop co-owner has been missing for two months now.
  • The vigil comes on Missing and Unidentified Persons Month.

OAKLAND, Calif. Family, friends, and community members of missing woman Amy Hillyard plan to gather for a vigil in Oakland on Monday night to mark a “painful milestone” — two months since the disappearance of the local coffee shop owner and 52-year-old mother of two.

What they’re saying:

“It is hard to comprehend that nearly sixty days have passed since Amy disappeared. Two months of searching. Two months of heartbreak, uncertainty, hope, exhaustion, prayer and love,” wrote Jennifer Bushman on Facebook over the weekend.

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