An anonymous donor has contributed $50,000 to a reward for information leading to a 24-year-old missing Oakley woman, raising the total to $60,000, police said this week.
“The donor was at the Oakley City Council meeting and heard my plea for help,” Gwyn Gabe, the missing woman’s father, announced in a Facebook post.
Oakley police first announced a $10,000 reward April 28 for information leading to the whereabouts of Alexis Gabe, a recent nursing school graduate last seen Jan. 26 in Antioch. Gabe had gone to her ex-boyfriend’s home that night and her custom phone case was later discovered nearby, her family has said.
A second search of her ex-boyfriend’s home on Benttree Way took place Thursday but police did not say why. The first search was Feb. 1.
“The Oakley Police Department and partner agencies are relentlessly working on this case and investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance,” Oakley Police Chief Paul Beard said in a statement. “Our hope is that the reward funds will bring us closer to finding Alexis and bringing resolution to the Gabe family.”
Beard said police were grateful for “the donor’s generous contribution and to the community for their continued support.”
Police Det. Tyler Horn urged those with information to come forward.
“We continue to comb through all the tips received and are working on this case around the clock,” he said.
Anyone with information about Gabe’s whereabouts is asked to call 925-625-7009 or write to Alexistips@ci.oakley.ca.us
