Delta Gamma Missing

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Very scary...my heart goes out to her and her sisters....


Divers keep looking for missing woman
OSU student had been attending houseboat party at Lake Shasta

By Constance Dillon, Record Searchlight
May 10, 2005

LAKE SHASTA -- The search of Slaughterhouse Island and the waters surrounding it continued Monday for the Oregon college student who went missing from her houseboat party here Saturday evening.

The 23-year-old has been identified as Gina Zalunardo of Redmond, Ore., a junior who was on a break from her studies at Oregon State University, said Sgt. Mark Lillibridge of the Shasta County Sheriff's Department.


Zalunardo had accompanied her Delta Gamma sorority sisters on their annual Bridge Bay trek. She was last seen about 6 p.m. Saturday, shortly after having an argument with her boyfriend, sheriff's officials said.

She is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall, 135 pounds with blond hair and green eyes.

Zalunardo's friends spent Saturday night searching for her, finally reporting her missing to the U.S. Forest Service about 6 a.m. Sunday.

Lillibridge, who was helping patrol the annual houseboat convergence on Lake Shasta, said he did not believe that foul play was involved, nor did he think the young woman was intoxicated at the time of her disappearance.

He remembers having spoken with Zalunardo once or twice Saturday afternoon.

She was wearing a light yellow skirt, a white-and-pink bathing suit top and sandals at the time.

Monday, Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue teams sent divers into the water and used remote-control underwater cameras in the waters off Slaughterhouse Island in their effort to find Zalunardo, Lillibridge said.

The island is near the junction of the Pit and Sacramento arms of Lake Shasta.

Sheriff's deputies found Zalunardo's vehicle and belongings in the parking lot at Bridge Bay marina.

Zalunardo's sorority sister, OSU freshman Valentina Sasieta, confirmed Monday that other members of Delta Gamma had returned from the trip.

Today, the search is scheduled to continue in the water surrounding the island, sheriff's deputies said Monday.