Chapel Hill family offers $10,000 reward for information on missing daughter

The family of Sydney West, a 19-year-old Chapel Hill native attending the University of California, Berkeley, said a $10,000 reward will be offered for information leading to her discovery.

West graduated from Carrboro High School last year and has been living in the San Francisco area since late August.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said she has not made contact with friends or family since Sept. 30. Her last known location was in downtown San Francisco, near Chrissy Field, close to the Golden Gate Bridge.

"Please share far and wide," read the a Facebook post from Jan. 25 featuring a video with West's parents.

In the video, West's parents said there have been numerous tips and sightings, but their daughter is still missing.

Deputies said West was likely wearing dark shorts and slip-on Vans shoes, was possibly carrying a black backpack and had her hair in a ponytail. She is 5-foot-10 and weighs about 130 pounds. West has blue eyes and light brown hair.

She has been reported missing with San Francisco authorities and entered into the National Crime Information Center database as a missing person.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone locally who may have had contact with West recently to call investigator Ashley Woodlief at 919-245-2909.

West's parents ask anyone with information to contact their private investigator in San Francisco, Scott Dudek, at 925-705-8328.