Family of missing woman offers reward

By Mark Kellam, <em><a href=”mailto:mark.kellam@latimes.com”>mark.kellam@latimes.com</a></em>

Sept. 10, 2014 5:45 PM PT

The family of a 45-year-old Sunland woman who was last seen in La Crescenta in early June is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to her being found.

Kimberly Blum was last seen around 4 p.m. on June 5 in the 2000 block of Cinco Casitas Lane, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department.

Blum is described as 5 feet 2, weighing 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black tank top and driving a silver 2004 Honda CRV with the license plate number 5JVU774.

The search-and-rescue team from the La Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s substation searched the Angeles National Forest, but nothing was found, according to Blum’s family.

Anyone with information about Blum’s whereabouts is encouraged to call Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Person’s Unit at (213) 996-1800. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.