Group rallies to search out Maryland trainer who disappeared after going for a stroll

Police, scholars and fogeys in Greenbelt, Maryland, are desperately on the lookout for a loved trainer who went lacking closing week.

Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, used to be closing noticed round 8 p.m. within the 6500 block of Lake Park Force in Greenbelt on July 29, in line with Greenbelt police. Her son says she left house to take a stroll in Schrom Hills Park earlier than she disappeared and not using a hint, FOX 5 D.C. reported. 

The circle of relatives says Sylla is a religious Muslim and that she loves to take walks within the space. Generally, she returns house through sundown to hope, however she by no means got here again that day. 

Sylla, an immigrant from the Ivory Coast, is a trainer at Dora Kennedy French Immersion College. Family members and scholars are deeply involved for her and feature posted fliers around the Greenbelt group within the hopes that anyone will acknowledge her. 

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Police described Sylla as a Black feminine roughly 5’5″ in peak and 135 lbs. 

Family and friends held a vigil with legislation enforcement and individuals of the media Friday night time to lift consciousness for her disappearance. They collected at 6 p.m. at Schrom Hills Park and lit candles for her. 

On Friday, Greenbelt Police mentioned an unidentified frame discovered close to the Capital Beltway in Forestville Tuesday used to be now not Sylla, WUSA reported. 

“We’re all thankful for that however she’s nonetheless in the market someplace,” mentioned Melinda Conrad-Brown, probably the most vigil’s organizers who spoke to native outlet. “So we need to in finding her. We need to do what we need to do to make certain that now not simply Prince George’s County individuals are conscious however the entire D.C., Washington, Virginia area, as a result of she may well be anyplace.”

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Lacking trainer Mariam Toure Sylla taught at Dora Kennedy French Immersion College in Greenbelt, Maryland.  (Google Maps/Google Side road View)

Sylla has taught at Dora Kennedy for 15 years and is far beloved through scholars and fogeys.

“We are nonetheless looking to get our heads round it. It does not appear love it’s actual,” dad or mum George Tehan advised WUSA. “She is at all times actually excellent with youngsters.” 

Oldsters say her disappearance has traumatized their youngsters.

Greenbelt Police have now not but shared any in their theories and are taking into account all chances, together with foul play, as they proceed their investigation. 

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Sylla used to be closing noticed headed for a stroll in Schrom Hills Park.  (Google Maps/Google Side road View)

“We proceed to stay this open as a lacking individuals investigation, and we will do the whole thing in our energy to carry her again safely to our circle of relatives or buddies,” Greenbelt Police Leader Richard Bowers mentioned on the vigil Friday night time. 

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Police have requested someone who sees or comes into touch with Sylla to touch government.