Update: Nampa woman found safe after family received ‘troubling’ text
Update: Alexis Tovar, the missing Nampa woman whose family was urging the public to help locate her, has been located and is safe, according to Nampa Police Department spokesperson Carmen Boeger.
Nampa police started a missing-person investigation earlier in the day Wednesday, and those close to the woman turned to the public.
Tovar’s family said she never returned home Monday night. The Nampa Police Department confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that detectives were investigating.
“Her family and community are extremely concerned for her safety, and we are trying to raise as much awareness as possible in hopes of locating her,” Hayley Greenwell, who has been assisting the family, said in an email to the Statesman.
Tovar left her mother’s Nampa home at 10 a.m. Monday morning, saying she had plans to go to a lake with friends, according to a social media post by her brother, David Tovar. She then sent her mother a photo of a fish at 7:30 p.m. from what may have been the Snake River, and another text at 10 p.m. saying she was dropping friends off in Boise and would be home soon, according to her brother.
Greenwell said Tovar’s mother got a message that “raised serious concerns for her safety.”
“The next morning, at 6:30 a.m., her mother received a troubling message from Alexis’ phone,” David Tovar said. “The message mentioned regretful actions and a desire to seek help from a local hospital support team the family trusts.”
David Tovar said the family did not see or hear from Alexis after that, but she was found safe Wednesday evening.
This story was originally published July 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM.
