COFFEE SHOP OWNER MISSING FOR A MONTH: WHERE IS AMY HILLYARD?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Amy Hillyard, co-owner of Farley's Coffee with husband, Chris, has not been seen since Wednesday, March 25th, the Oakland community praying for her safe return.
Oakland, California police initially release information that Amy last seen near her home in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood around 2 pm, but surveillance footage places her near Dimond Park, about two miles away, at 4:30 pm that afternoon. Searches of the park have not revealed new leads.
Amy is considered "at-risk" due to an undisclosed medical condition. She is described as 5'4", 120 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes, last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers with a black stripe.
Amy's family say they are not giving up.
Anyone with information asked to call 911 or Oakland Police at 510-238-3641.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Jo-Anna Nieves - Criminal Defense Attorney and Founder of The Nieves Law Firm; Instagram, Facebook and X: nieveslawfirm, YouTube and TikTok: thenieveslawfirm
- Brian Fitzgibbons – VP of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, Kingsman Philanthropic’s 2022 rescue missions of women and children in Ukraine, Iraq War Veteranide_security
- Dr. Rachel Toles - Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Author, “Inventing the Psychopath: How a Convenient Myth Makes the World More Dangerous,” coming 2027, Instagram and YouTube: TolzHaus, Facebook: Dr Rachel Toles
- Dave Mack - Crime Stories Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.9 | A candlelight vigil for a gorgeous young coffee shop owner. |
| 0:14.9 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:15.9 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:17.2 | I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:19.3 | Beloved Oakland coffee shop owner vanishes without warning, leaving her daughters desperate for |
| 0:24.5 | their mother's safe return. |
| 0:26.7 | Where is Amy? |
| 0:28.8 | Very high profile in her neighborhood. |
| 0:31.9 | Everybody loves her coffee shop. |
| 0:34.5 | Extremely popular. |
| 0:36.8 | Never a bad word about Amy Hillier, but tonight the community |
| 0:41.2 | banning together to have a vigil. She's disappeared days ago, last seen to my understanding |
| 0:50.3 | in a public park. Where is she? Nobody, nobody, nobody just vanishes off the face of the |
| 0:58.3 | earth. It's not like we're in Harry Potter and you can apparate somewhere else. That doesn't |
| 1:04.1 | happen. Somebody knows where is Amy, joining us an all-star panel. But first I want to go straight out to Brian Fitzgibbon's Director of Operations, USA |
| 1:14.5 | Nationwide Security. |
| 1:16.8 | He leads a team of investigators that go around the world, searching for missing people |
| 1:24.3 | and performing extractions of missing people. |
| 1:28.8 | Former Marine Iraqi War Vett. |
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