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 SALT LAKE CITY -- Their music has been heard throughout the world, now Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys is hoping the world will hear his plea for help to find his missing daughter. 
 
 Crews are searching the Tooth Rock area near Portland for 21-year-old Anna Schmidt. Her family says she went hiking Sunday but hasn't been seen since. 
 
 Anna, who also goes by Annie, moved from Utah to Oregon for the summer. Now that's where her mother and father are looking for her. 
 
 “Annie is really adventuresome, she just goes and does all sorts of things,” said Michelle Schmidt, Annie’s mother. 
 
 But her family worries Annie’s adventurous side may have gotten her lost or injured somewhere in the mountains. 
 
 “Kind of in shock I think to be honest,” Michelle Schmidt said. “I have to face the reality that she may not still be alive 
 
 Now her family's focus is on finding her. 
 
 “I'm going up with my boys and just kind of got to go find our Annie,” Jon Schmidt, Annie’s father, told a news crew in Portland. 
 
 “I'm sure there will be time for emotional breakdown and all of that, but right now is not the time,” Michelle Schmidt said. 
 
 The last time the family heard from their daughter was Sunday when she posted on social media. 
 
 “I saw she was up in the mountains, then Monday I didn't see any posts or snaps or anything like that, which is really unusual because she posts everyday,” Michelle Schmidt said. 
 
 Tuesday Michelle sent Annie a text. 
 
 “OK, I’m getting worried, why aren't you answering me,” Michelle Schmidt said of that text. 
 
 Still no word. Then on Wednesday, Michelle flew to Oregon for a camping trip with her daughter that they'd been planning for weeks. But Annie didn't show up at the airport. 
 
 “I just got a rental car and went to her apartment, and when I showed up her roommate was really alarmed because she said, 'I thought you guys were gone. I thought you were already camping, she's been gone since Sunday,'” Michelle Schmidt said. 
 
 That's when the search began. On Thursday, police finally got a ping from Annie’s phone, hoping it would take them to where she was on the mountain. Instead it led them to her car, near the Columbia River Gorge. After sitting there for days it had been broken into and ransacked. 
 
 Police say there are no signs of foul play and they don't believe she was suicidal. 
 
 “I think she's been injured or something, or lost, injured, or lost, that's what my gut says,” Michelle Schmidt said. 
 
 Anna's family knows people here in Utah can't do much in terms of searching, but they are asking for prayers at this time. 

 Anna Schmidt (Photo: Portland Police) 
 
 PORTLAND, Ore. – After searching more than 150 miles of trails, search and rescue coordinators made the decision Monday to suspend the official search for 21-year-old Portland woman Anna Smith, pending new information or developments in the investigation. 
 
 But friends and family members on Monday morning announced they were going to keep looking, and they hoped for some help. 
 
 "Although the local authorities have suspended the official search, we are not giving up and are organizing our own efforts," her family announced in a Facebook post. 
 
 Update: We're still looking for Annie. There has been so much support and we are so grateful! Thank you! Although the... Posted by The Piano Guys on Monday, October 24, 2016 
 
 The family has asked for volunteers who can hike up to 10 miles, and the effort is based at the Tooth Rock Trailhead off of Interstate 84. 
 
 On Monday, searchers focused on getting off the beaten path to look for Schmidt in more rugged terrain. 
 
 “We're doing atypical searches. We're getting into areas that are not easily accessible unless some falls into it,” said Jake Anderegg, Anna Schmidt’s uncle. 
 
 Many people who knew Schmidt are hopeful she’s still alive and waiting to be rescued. 
 
 “Even though the odds are against us, we still believe there's a slight chance she could be alive and so we haven't given up,” said family friend, David Simone. 
 
 They planned to possibly be out again on Tuesday. 
 
 “When my sister and brother-in-law tell us to go away, then we'll go away,” said Jesse Anderegg, Anna Schmidt’s uncle. 
 
 Schmidt’s family said they’re still looking for people who are experienced in the outdoors or experienced climbers to help search for Schmidt near Toothrock Trailhead. 
 
 Schmidt, a Utah-to-Portland transplant known by those who love her as Annie, was last seen on Sunday, Oct. 16, by her roommate. 
 
 Social media posts indicated she had gone hiking in the Gorge. 
 
 Portland police found her car Thursday, near the trailhead. Searchers scoured the area on Friday, and then on Saturday nearly 200 community volunteers and 50 search and rescue crews flooded the woods near Tooth Rock to look for her. 
 
 “The trails have been really well searched,” said Annie’s mom, Michelle Schmidt. 
 
 She said her daughter is adventurous and liked to take risks, and could have very likely gone off-trail. 
 
 “It's not unrealistic at all to assume she's injured somewhere,” said Michelle. 
 
 Her biggest worry is that her daughter took one risk too many. Inside her car, police found Annie’s cell phone and camping gear. 
 
 Michelle said her daughter’s phone is old, and the battery dies quickly. She said it’s entirely possible it was out of power when Annie arrived at the Gorge. 
 
 If that were the case, she might have left the phone and gone for what she assumed would be a short walk. 
 
 But she hasn’t been seen since. 
 
 Over the weekend, the search crews even took to the skies, with a fixed-wing plane circling overhead. Late Saturday morning, drones were deployed to scan the trickiest of areas. 
 
 “The Gorge is known for its cliffy outcroppings and waterfalls,” said Lt. Chad Gaidos of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. “These are, of course, beautiful sightseeing opportunities but dangerous areas.” 
 
 Gaidos estimated crews covered more than 100 miles of trail. 
 
 For Michelle Schmidt and the rest of her family, waiting is the worst part. 
 
 “I called my daughter last night, who's my youngest, and sat on the phone and cried and cried and cried and cried,” she said. “But we have to be logical and do all we can.” 
 
 Anna Schmidt was described as 5-foot-4 and 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. 
 
 Anyone who may have been hiking in the Gorge over the past few days and recognizes Schmidt should contact Detective Heidi Helwig at heidi.helwig@portlandoregon.gov. Anyone else with information about Schmidt's whereabouts should call 911. 
 
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 Multnomah County Search and Rescue teams began searching in the Columbia River Gorge at daybreak Friday for a missing 21-year-old Portland woman. 
 
 Police said Anna Schmidt was reported missing on Wednesday and was last seen by her roommate on October 16. Schmidt is a hiker and recently bought a new tent and backpack. 
 
 The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said at least 25 search and rescue volunteers, as well as friends and family members, began their search just after sunrise at the Tooth Rock Trailhead. 
 
 Schmidt’s car was found near the Bonneville Dam Thursday. Investigators towed her car Friday morning and will be searching it for any clues as to her whereabouts. 
 
 Schmidt's father, Jon Schmidt of Salt Lake City, Utah, said he had received a message on Snapchat from Anna on Sunday, which said she was hiking in the Tooth Rock Trailhead area. 
 
 MCSO was also able to confirm there was a ping from her cell phone in that area on Sunday afternoon. 
 
 Her father believes his daughter pulled over randomly and started hiking. 
 
 "She is so adventurous. She definitely is the type of person who would pull over, see something beautiful and just go," he said. 
 
 Jon Schmidt also said this particular hiking trip was spur-of-the-moment, and she did not take any of her usual gear with her. 
 
 Police said there are no signs of foul play, and investigators are worried she may have gotten lost or injured while hiking. 
 
 Anna Schmidt is described as white, 5 feet 4 inches, 125 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. 
 
 Anna Schmidt's family said the area is a popular hiking spot and are asking for information from anyone who who may have seen her on Sunday afternoon. 
 
 Jon Schmidt is a member of a popular music group called The Piano Guys. The group posted a plea for help on its Facebook page Friday morning. 
 
 Anyone with information on Anna Schmidt's current whereabouts should call 911. 
 
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– A worried family is searching for their 21-year-old daughter who disappeared while hiking in Oregon and hasn't been heard from since last Sunday, Fox 13 reports. “I have to face the reality that she may not still be alive," Michelle Schmidt says of her daughter Anna Schmidt. According to KPTV, Anna sent a Snapchat message to her father Jon Schmidt, a member of the band The Piano Guys, last Sunday saying she was hiking the Tooth Rock Trailhead area in the Columbia River Gorge. It seems that was the last anyone heard from Anna. "Monday I didn't see any posts or snaps or anything like that, which is really unusual because she posts everyday,” Michelle says. Anna also didn't return texts, failed to pick her mom up at the airport, and hadn't been seen by her roommate. Anna was reported missing Wednesday, and police found her car near the trailhead. Anna, an avid hiker, had recently purchased a new tent and backpack, but her camping gear and phone were still in the car when police found it, KGW reports. Jon believes his daughter went hiking last Sunday on a whim. "She definitely is the type of person who would pull over, see something beautiful, and just go," he tells KPTV. “Annie is really adventuresome," Michelle tells Fox. "She just goes and does all sorts of things." Police say there are no signs of foul play, and they don't believe Anna was suicidal. Authorities fear she is injured or lost. By Friday afternoon, nearly 100 volunteers, family, and friends were searching the Columbia River Gorge for her.