A 32-year-old woman from Michigan has been missing for over a month after she was last seen entering a Publix supermarket in Jupiter, Florida, her mother reported. Chelsea Bonnell was last captured on security camera footage on May 26.
Bonnell had traveled to Florida from Clinton Township, Michigan, two days prior to her last confirmed sighting. Her mother, Michelle Clauw, stated that Bonnell has been uncontactable since that date. "It's unexplainable. It hurts, and it's killing me because this is not her. She would call one of us," Clauw said.
Bonnell's credit card activity ceased after a transaction on June 2 at a Dunkin' Donuts in West Palm Beach. There has been no subsequent activity on the card, according to reports.
Clauw expressed deep concern, fearing her daughter may be with someone preventing contact. "It's not like her, and we do fear that she may be with somebody that's not allowing contact to us because this is just not her," Clauw stated.
Prior to her disappearance, Bonnell worked as an exotic dancer in Detroit and purchased a one-way ticket to Miami on May 24. Her mother has been unable to reach her by phone for over a month.
Clauw traveled to Palm Beach last week in an effort to retrace Bonnell's steps from May 25 to June 2. The search, described by Clauw as "more exhausting than you can imagine," has not yielded any new leads.
"There's a ton of moving pieces in locating someone missing and it's a puzzle that's not getting put together as fast as I would like," Clauw wrote on Facebook, pleading for any information that could confirm her daughter's safety. "Chelsea I will honor your privacy if that's what you want, but I need to know your [sic] safe, I need to hear you's [sic] voice!"
Clauw noted that Bonnell had deleted her social media accounts before leaving Michigan. Her apartment was left furnished, but most of her clothing appeared to be missing. Clauw's concerns for her daughter's well-being have intensified following her visit to Florida, with no indications that Bonnell is starting a new life. "Nobody can convince me that after 30 days, she wouldn't be in contact with anyone in our family, no way. NO WAY!" Clauw insisted.