In the most recent call, Ms. Menendez's mother reported her missing on Feb. 27, saying she hadn't been taking her medication, the official said.

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Her family reported her missing after she didn't come home as scheduled on January 22.

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Police meanwhile released security camera footage of Sarai Sierra, 33, who has been missing since Jan. 21, when she didn't take her flight back to New York.

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The newspaper cited a city spokeswoman as saying police followed proper procedures in removing her name from the list because they weren't able to reach her mother to verify that she was still missing.

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They traced her address to a Melbourne residence, but didn't have a missing persons report from the home.

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"In Banaz's case, if her boyfriend hadn't reported it, we would never have known that she was missing".

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"She has never been missing before, holds a very responsible job and she doesn't appear to have planned to leave her family at all, " she said.

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