Family of missing Winona woman offers $50K reward, investigation continues

The family of the missing Winona woman is offering a bounty for information that helps bring her home.

Law enforcement and the family of 26-year-old Madeline Jane Kingsbury met Wednesday morning to discuss the search operation. You can watch the full press conference in the video below.

Ms Kingsbury was last seen at her home in Winona on the morning of March 31, but authorities said she had gone to work, picked up her children from daycare and made other arrangements. I never did.

Police say they learned Kingsbury was heading home that morning after dropping off the kids at the dark blue 2014 Chrysler Town & Country. The father of her children told police that she left the house around 10am that morning and that Kingsbury was gone when she returned.

Police said a vehicle matching Kingsbury’s van was found on County Route 12 and Route 43 in Winona County, and State Route 43 in eastern Fillmore County, and was taken to Kingsbury around 1:30 pm on March 31. He added that he was back home in Berry. Police say there are other signs that she left the house on foot or in another vehicle, and her phone, wallet and jacket were all found at her home on the morning of March 31. it was done.

Kingsbury’s family is now offering a $50,000 bounty for information leading to her whereabouts.

According to Winona Police, many other agencies and volunteers are involved in the search operation, and the search is conducted on foot, in vehicles, in the air, and on water.

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Police are now asking everyone living in or around Winona and Fillmore counties, especially around the roads mentioned above, to check their property and security cameras for anything suspicious. Additionally, those roadside people he filmed between March 31 and April 1 were asked to contact law enforcement, even though they didn’t see anything suspicious. increase.

5 Eyewitness News Reporter Renee Cooper details the Kingsbury search on Wednesday night’s news program.