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NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER MISSING FOR OVER A MONTH HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE

“We are relieved to hear today Spc. Michaela Nelson had been found."

By Haley Britzky | Updated Nov 30, 2021 6:47 PM

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Spc. Michaela Nelson, the Ohio National Guard soldier who has been missing for
the last month, was reportedly found inside her car on Tuesday. 

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Michaela’s Dodge Charger was broken down in Columbus, Fox News reported, citing
the private investigator Michaela’s father, Lance Nelson, hired in the wake of
her disappearance. Michaela, 26, enlisted in the Ohio National Guard’s Recruit
Sustainment Program in September 2020 according to an Ohio National Guard
spokeswoman. She attended Advanced Individual Training as a religious affairs
specialist at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and returned on Oct. 1, her father
told a local news outlet, WKEF.



“We are relieved to hear today Spc. Michaela Nelson had been found,” Stephanie
Beougher, the Ohio National Guard spokeswoman, said on Tuesday. “She is a valued
member of the Ohio National Guard, and her health and safety are a top
priority.” 



The private investigator Lance hired, James Terry, previously told Fox 29 that
they had reason to believe Michaela was alive and was possibly in hiding. Lance
told Fox News on Tuesday that he started getting texts from Michaela’s phone
number late on Tuesday morning. 

“She said her phone died and her car was dead,” Lance said, according to Fox
News. “She felt really bad about what she’d done, making us worry – she wanted
to die and things like that.”



Lance described Michaela as “amazing,” and a “social butterfly” who “makes
friends all the time” and was a “star athlete in high school.” But he told local
news outlets that his daughter had recently been going through a lot. 



“You go through a divorce, there’s a lot of grief, it’s like a death almost as
well, and that was a year ago when the divorce was finalized,” Lance said. “And
then losing her mother a few months ago to breast cancer, and then getting
evicted from an apartment.” 

The Army updated its policy for how commanders should respond to missing
soldiers last year after an investigation of Fort Hood’s command climate and
culture found that leaders had “little guidance” on what to do in those
situations. The new policy directs unit leaders to act immediately and designate
soldiers as “absent-unknown” within three hours if they do not report for duty.



In the 48 hours after a soldier fails to report for duty, according to the new
policy, commanders must use a check-list of questions to determine if the
soldier’s absence is voluntary or involuntary. The checklist asks if the
soldier’s next of kin have been notified to “determine if they know the
whereabouts of the soldier,” and if local medical facilities have been
contacted.



Beougher said Michaela failed to report to her unit, G Company in the Recruit
Sustainment Program, after AIT. She was expected to complete “her final RSP
phase during drill in October,” Beougher said.

The last time Lance said he saw Michaela was at her mother’s funeral in
September, according to WKEF, and last heard from her in a text message on Oct.
24. He filed a missing person’s report on Nov. 5 and hired a private
investigator.


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Haley Britzky

Haley Britzky is the Army reporter for Task & Purpose, covering the daily
happenings in the Army and how they impact soldiers and their families, as well
as broader national security issues. Originally from Texas, Haley previously
worked at Axios before joining Task & Purpose in January 2019. Contact the
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