Son speaks out about his missing 77-year old mother – NEWS10 ABC

WEST ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) The search continues for missing 77-year-old Beverly Trombley.

According to Albany County Sheriff, Craig Apple, around 7 p.m. Saturday, Trombley and her son, 47-year-old Christopher, left for Lee, Mass., where they would be moving from Voorheesville to a new place closer to family.

They were driving in two separate vehicles Christopher in a pick-up truck; his mother in a black Ford Focus. She was supposed to be following her son; however, she never made it there.

Waited, waited, waited some more. I went down to the Super 8 Motel parking lot to see if she somehow got there ahead of me or something,and when 11:30 p.m. came, I went to Lee Police, said Christopher.

Christopher made his way back to Albany where he filed a report with the Albany County Sheriffs Office on Sunday. Around the same time, the Sheriffs Office was alerted by Amtrak of a black Ford Focus stuck on the train tracks behind the West Albany Pocket Park by I-90 near the Everett Road exit.

Officers said they found the car door ajar, Beverlys cell phone inside, the keys in the ignition in the off position, and the hazards on. But she was no where to be found.

Thats when the storm moved in and dumped two feet of snow on any kind of tracks or scents she could have left behind, which complicated their search efforts. Still, Sheriffs deputies have been searching high and low in that area using dogs, drones with thermal imaging, and grid searches on foot.

The Sheriff said the problem there is that on one side, it is heavily wooded, and on the other, there is a bit of a hill that leads into a body of water.

She is wearing a bright red jacket, but at this point, weve had no luck and its literally like looking for a needle in a hay stack, said Sheriff Apple.

Investigators were able to get surveillance showing her car driving near the tracks around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, but other than that, they have very little information and its still not clear if she was the person behind the wheel.

The car drove up the tracks, went out of sight, turned around, came back down towards the City of Albany on the tracks and got hung up, said Sheriff Apple.

The Sheriff added that she did not have dementia and was in relatively good health. Shes a retired nurse from Albany Medical Center, who was well-known and respected.

Christopher tells NEWS10 ABC his mother was his best friend and that hes trying to stay positive.

I just love my mom. I just love her so much, and I want her home, he said.

Christopher describes his mother as a bright light who loves her Irish heritage. He said she is a very helpful woman committed to many charity organizations, though he said they were currently having a difficult time finding a place to live that they could afford.

Christopher was the last person to see Beverly, but Sheriff Apple said he was ruled out as a suspect.

The Sheriffs Office is asking anyone with video or information to come forward.

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