A Florida mother of two who served in the US Army in Iraq went missing after telling her father she feared for her ex-boyfriend, according to the family.
Rachel Schwartz, 33, suffers from PTSD and other stress-related illnesses, according to her brother-in-law, Benjamin Schrupp.
Its last known location was in Spring Hill, about 50 miles north of Tampa, he said.
Schwartz’s family has not had contact with her since Jan. 31, when she last spoke with her father, she said. Her sister is raising awareness on Facebook. Family members, including the father of her children, who is not the same ex, filed a missing person report with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
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Rachel Schwartz in an undated photo. (Raquel Schwarz)
“My sister has been missing since January 31,” Schwartz’s sister, Elizabeth Schrupp, wrote in a Facebook post. “She was supposed to fly home on February 4th. Her last message to my dad was that she wanted to come home and that she was afraid of her ex.”
After that, her phone and social media accounts “went silent,” Schrupp added.
Schwartz was in an on-off relationship with an ex-boyfriend named John Scorah, according to her brother-in-law, and had recently told her father that she was afraid of him.
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Rachel Schwartz, 33, is described as being 5 feet 2 inches tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. (Raquel Schwarz)
Court records show police charged Scorah with assault in April 2022. Schwartz posted his bail and prosecutors dropped the case in October.
But Schwartz decided to return to his home state of Minnesota to get away from him, Schrupp said. And she provided screenshots of text messages she said she and a friend exchanged last year that showed her concern for her safety and discussed a protection order.
However, in early January, she returned to Florida to visit her two children, who live with their father, she said.
Rachel Schwartz was last seen on January 31 and missed a February 4 flight to Minnesota, according to her sister. (Raquel Schwarz)
At some point during the trip to Florida, he visited Scorah at her home in Wimauma, Schrupp said. Ring camera video shows she left the house carrying luggage at 5:46 p.m. on January 31.
Scorah did not immediately respond to calls or messages from Fox News Digital.
His last known location after that was at a house in Spring Hill where the owner is known to rent out rooms to veterans in crisis. Where he went from there, however, remains unclear.
“She’s missing,” Schrupp told Fox News Digital on Monday. “We want her to know that we love her and care about her.”
Rachel Schwartz poses by the sea in an undated photo. (Raquel Schwarz)
A sheriff’s office spokeswoman confirmed deputies had an active missing person case, but said there wasn’t much else she was authorized to share.
Schwartz is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall with blue eyes and blonde hair and weighs around 100 pounds. She has visible freckles when not wearing makeup, often wears large hats or sunglasses, and may wear her hair in a military braid.
She was last seen wearing blue pants, a sleeveless white shirt, and carrying a large black suitcase and an orange and black tote bag.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office at (352) 754-6830.
