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Two women go missing within six miles of each other in Winter Park, Colorado.\\xa0\\xa0
\\nMelissa Whitsitt moved from Tennessee to Colorado in May to start a job at Winter Park Resort, almost 70 miles outside Denver. Mom Cindy Whitsett says her daughter had two days off and was supposed to return to work on Tuesday, August 15th. Whitsitt didn\\u2019t show up for her shift the police are called and a welfare check is complete.
\\nWhitsitt is not at her home. Police have confirmed that she got on a bus to Denver on Saturday around 10 a.m. She was wearing blue bell-bottom jeans, a blue tank top and/or a white sweatshirt.\\xa0\\xa0
\\nThe Whitsitts say their daughter\'s phone pinged in Denver, but an unknown man was using it. Melissa Whitsitt\'s debit card has not been used since she went missing. Whitsitt doesn\'t have a car and hasn\'t contacted friends or family since the day she was last seen. Whisitt\'s parents say they have had to conduct their own investigation, as cops say they\'re outnumbered by missing people cases.\\xa0
\\nSvetlana Ustimenko is an avid hiker living in Broward County, Florida, according to the Idaho Statesman. Family members say Ustimenko had been drawn to the peaceful Colorado mountains.
\\nAfter finding her rental car had not been returned by the due date and learning that Ustimenko was reported as missing from Florida, authorities launched an immediate search around the area where her vehicle was located on August 11.
\\nAccording to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff\\u2019s Office, the Grand County Search and Rescue, Front Range Rescue Dogs, Rescue Dogs of the United States, Colorado Search and Rescue as well as drones and volunteers, began searching for Ustimenko.\\xa0 Six cadaver dogs joined the search efforts to no avail.
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