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Starbucks barista vanishes on way to work

GRESHAM, Ore., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A young Oregon woman vanished during her 5-minute drive to her job at Starbucks, police in Gresham said.

Whitney Heichel's black Ford Explorer was foundTuesday in a Walmart parking lot, Lt. Claudio Grandjean of the Gresham Police Department said. The passenger-side window was broken, ABC News reported.

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Heichel, 21, was supposed to be at work at 7 a.m. Her husband reported her missing just before 10 a.m. after her supervisor called him, police said.

"We are calling it a suspicious disappearance," Grandjean told ABCNews.com. "Everybody is being considered a suspect until we have a suspect."

Police said the missing woman's ATM card was used at a gas station. Her husband told KATU-TV, Portland, Ore., the card was used twice at two different gas stations, one at 9:22 a.m. and the other at 9:30 a.m., which he called "kind of odd."

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