Nevada authorities search for 18-year-old woman whose disappearance they say is ‘of a suspicious nature’

US mass shootings on the rise: 109 in 2022 3:49 (CNN) — Nevada authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding an 18-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a week. Naomi Irion’s disappearance is “of a suspicious nature,” according to a press release from the Lyon County, Nevada, Sheriff’s Office. Irion was last seen in her car in the parking lot of a Walmart in Fernley, Nevada, authorities said. She parked her vehicle around 5 a.m. and was active on social media between 5:09 a.m. and 5:23 a.m., said Detective Erik Kusmerz of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. during a press conference on Tuesday. Irion’s sister, Tamara Cartwright, told CNN that Irion worked at Panasonic Energy of North America and that she was waiting to catch a ride to work from Walmart. At 5:24 am, surveillance video showed a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark pants or jeans, and dark sneakers approaching Irion’s vehicle. At 5:25 am her vehicle was seen pulling out of the parking lot with the man driving, Kusmerz said. Police released surveillance video and photos showing the man in the parking lot. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office released images and video of a suspect in Naomi Irion’s disappearance. On March 15, Irion’s vehicle was recovered near the Walmart and is currently being processed, Kusmerz said. Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a dark 2020 or newer Chevrolet 2500-3500 High Country Silverado, Kusmerz said. No details about the vehicle’s owner have been released. “Please save my daughter and bring her home,” Irion’s mother, Diane Irion, said during the news conference. “Anything, any bit of information, please call… No information is too small to report. Right now, we need everyone’s help across the country because the incident happened so close to I-80. It could be anywhere, anywhere in the nation.” The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office released an image of a vehicle, identified as a 2020 or newer Chevrolet, 2500, High Country 4-Door, dark in color. Search and rescue teams from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office have conducted numerous air and ground searches, Kusmerz said. The FBI is also working with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Serious Crimes Division, he said. Irion is 1.80 meters tall, has brown hair and green eyes. A missing person flyer shared on social media shows that Irion’s hair is currently dyed black. She also has a septum piercing, piercings in both nostrils and a tattoo of a smiley face on one ankle, Kusmerz said. Surveillance footage of Naomi Irion, who was last seen in her car in the parking lot of a Walmart in Fernley, Nevada, according to authorities. Irion was carrying a dark-colored bag, an iPhone and Air Pods, and she has been known to carry a fidget spinner, Kusmerz said. She was wearing a blue Panasonic T-shirt, a gray knit sweater, dark UGG boots and gray sweatpants, her mother said. She set another search for Saturday. Fernley is about 55 miles east of Reno.