Police search for missing fitness influencer Ca'Shawn “Cookie” Sims

Lina Portman2 days ago

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Police this week launched a search for fitness influencer Ca'Shawn Sims, a 30-year-old woman who disappeared from her Los Angeles County home nearly a month ago.

Sims, who goes by the stage name “Cookie” and has more than 200,000 followers on her fitness Instagram page, has not been seen since early September. Her sisters have amplified her disappearance on social media, saying no one in their family has been able to contact her in weeks.

“I never thought the day would come when I would post a flyer for my missing sister,” Ca'rynn Sims wrote on Instagram.

“She abandoned her house, her dog and apparently her phone which doesn't look like her,” she said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department began investigating Sims' disappearance earlier this week. She was last seen in her hometown of Duarte on Sept. 8. But Sims' sister later said she had confirmation that Sims was in Pasadena from Sept. 11 to 12 and had sought medical attention there.

“She went to the hospital both days with complaints of shortness of breath and was released from hospital care both nights,” Ca'rynn Sims wrote, saying the family is still searching for her sister.

Sims' other sister, Chris'tol Sims, said their missing sister enjoyed spending time alone, but going so long without hearing from her was unusual.

“Although my sister is a very independent person and enjoys her solitude, her immediate and extended family have not been able to contact her for too long and this is concerning,” she wrote on Instagram.

Sims' sisters are pleading with people across the country to look out for her, saying it's possible she has left the Los Angeles area.

Sims is black, 1.55 m tall and weighs 54 kg. She has shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes, and several tattoos, including one on her left collarbone reading “It's found in the soul”, one on her left forearm reading “Earth” and one in Spanish on his back.

Anyone with information about Sims is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or make an anonymous tip by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.

This article was originally published on HuffPost and has been updated.