UPDATE: According to West Virginia State Police, Valerie Whittaker has been located and is safe with family.
Original Story:
HINTON W.Va. (Hinton News) – The West Virginia State Police are conducting an investigation related to a missing person from Hinton. According to police, Valerie Whittaker was last seen during the early hours of October 8. State Police released the following statement.
“On Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 4:33 pm, S/Tpr. S. K. Weikle received a call for a welfare check at a residence on Temple Street in Hinton, West Virginia. S/Tpr. Weikle responded and attempted to locate 41-year-old Valerie Whittaker of Hinton. S/Tpr. Weikle was unable to locate Valerie Whittaker. S/Tpr Weikle spoke with Valerie Whittaker’s sister who advised Whittaker was supposed to catch a Grey Hound bus in Beckley, West Virginia on Sunday, October 8, 2023. S/Tpr. Weikle also spoke with another individual who advised during the early morning hours of October 8, 2023, he dropped Whittaker off at the McDonalds on Robert C Byrd Drive in Beckley, West Virginia and had not seen or heard from her since. S/Tpr. Weikle continues to actively investigate this case as a missing person investigation. Valerie Whittaker has been entered into the NCIC system as a missing person. Anyone with information on the location of Valerie Whittaker should call S/Tpr. Weikle at the Hinton Detachment at 304-466-2800.”
