LCCN Exclusive Saddleback College Professor Amy Ahearn Found in Los Angeles

LCCN first reported this story late last night (Nov 11)

• CASE UPDATES AS OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011 at 1:20 p.m.
• Ahearn had been going through a divorce with popular Cerritos College English Professor Timothy Juntilla when she was reported missing in mid-September.


• Ahearn located Friday Nov. 11 at around 10 p.m. at 85th Street in South Central Los Angeles.


• Kathie Allen, Ahearn Family Private investigator tells LCCN that it "was a miracle she was alive."


• Ahearn undergoing medical review at well known area hospital.


• Exact details of Ahearn's health condition as of Saturday afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. remain unknown, according to Investigator Allen.
• Sources tell LCCN that LAPD received a phone call on Friday night about a "suspicious woman" near 85th Street in Los Angeles, and when two Deputies arrived, they learned that the woman was indeed Ahern.
• LCCN also learned that Ahern had been carrying her official identification with her for the past two plus months in a back pack.

By Randy Economy

Missing Saddleback College Professor Amy Ahearn has been found alive in South Central Los Angeles, Los Cerritos Community News has learned exclusively. Ahearn was located late Friday night at around 10 p.m. off of 85th Street in South Central Los Angeles. She was located by members of the Los Angeles Police Department.{{more}}

Ahearn was taken to an area hospital where she is being evaluated.

Investigator Kathy Allen, who has been spearheading the search efforts on behalf of the Ahearn Family, said that it is "a miracle that Amy was located, safely, and that she is going to be okay."

{{more}}Ahearn, an English Professor at Saddleback College went missing on August 22 when she was seen near a law office near the Norwalk Civic Center.

The popular instructor has been the subject of a major search effort from both the Orange County and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A Missing Person Bulletin was issued through the tow counties in early September.

Ahearn was briefly found sitting in front the home of Ana Ruvalcaba at around midnight on September 18 at the 11900 block of Ferina Street in Norwalk.

Ruvalcaba, 26, a lifelong resident of Norwalk and a mother of a four year old told LCCN that she and family members took Ahearn into her home "in the middle of the night" in mid-September after Ahearn told them that she was "waiting for a ride from a friend."

While inside the Ruvalcaba's home, Ahearn's wallet fell out of the back pack she was carrying, when they confirmed that the woman was indeed the missing Ahearn according to her driver’s license.

Ruvalcaba said that from 1 to 6 a.m. that evening in September, Ahearn agreed to come inside their families home to "get out of the cold air" and gave Ahearn coffee, they also "Prayed the Rosary" during the time Amy was inside their home.

After the sun rose on September 18, Ruvalcaba told LCCN that she drove Ahearn to a local Motel 6 on Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk so Ahearn could get a "place to stay." While waiting for a room to become available at the motel, Ahearn apparently wandered off to a nearby Carrow's Restaurant parking lot and that is where Ruvalcaba said last saw Ahearn.

Ahearn was missing until Friday night when she was located.

The exact details of her condition as of Saturday afternoon at around 3:30 p.m. remain unknown, according to Investigator Allen.

Allen, who is the principle owner of Allen Morris Investigations out of Irvine, California (www.allenmorrisinvestigations.com) told LCCN that this was one of the "most rewarding cases" she has been involved with in her nearly decade long career.

Allen also confirmed that members of law enforcement did contact Ahearn's family in the Chicago area late Friday evening to give them the good news.

Allen said she spoke to Marjorie Ahearn, Amy's older sister outside of Chicago who said she was "elated that Amy was found, alive, and well."

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