- Alyssa Byrne, 19, of Petaluma, last seen early Jan. 1 after attending a music festival at South Lake Tahoe. Photo: Facebook Page Photo, Facebook / SF
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(01-03) 10:05 PST SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- Authorities were searching the South Lake Tahoe area Thursday for a Petaluma woman who disappeared after attending a music festival on New Year's Eve.
Alyssa Byrne, 19, was last seen by friends at a bar at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline, Nev., about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after attending the three-day SnowGlobe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College, authorities said.
Byrne last used her cell phone before midnight Monday, said Douglas County sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.
"The circumstances of her disappearance are unknown," Brooks said Thursday.
Byrne's mother, Kim Byrne, 49, said Thursday that she was optimistic that her daughter would be found.
"I've convinced myself that we're going to bring her home today," she said. "My best-case scenario right now is that she's having the time of her life with some friends that she's made and that time just got away from her. I just have to focus on that. Today, hopefully, she's just going to come barreling through that door."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
She said she is staying positive "because I have no other choice. There is a door that I cannot walk through right now."
Alyssa Byrne's father, Kevin Byrne, 44, is in South Lake Tahoe assisting in the search.
Family members and friends passed out fliers Wednesday and law-enforcement officials examined surveillance video, including from cameras at the hotel, Maura Duggan, a cousin of Byrne, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the search.
"Keep spreading the love, we will find you Alyssa," Duggan wrote.
Byrne is white, with black hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has an "infinity" sign on her left wrist and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga pants and black snow boots.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Byrne's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call South Lake Tahoe police at (775) 782-9905.
Alyssa Byrne, 19, was last seen by friends at a bar at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline, Nev., about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday after attending the three-day SnowGlobe Music Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College, authorities said.
Byrne last used her cell phone before midnight Monday, said Douglas County sheriff's Sgt. Pat Brooks.
"The circumstances of her disappearance are unknown," Brooks said Thursday.
Byrne's mother, Kim Byrne, 49, said Thursday that she was optimistic that her daughter would be found.
"I've convinced myself that we're going to bring her home today," she said. "My best-case scenario right now is that she's having the time of her life with some friends that she's made and that time just got away from her. I just have to focus on that. Today, hopefully, she's just going to come barreling through that door."
Kim Byrne said her daughter has never gone missing before and that she didn't know what has happened to her. "We just have no idea," she said. "That's the million-dollar question."
She said she is staying positive "because I have no other choice. There is a door that I cannot walk through right now."
Alyssa Byrne's father, Kevin Byrne, 44, is in South Lake Tahoe assisting in the search.
Family members and friends passed out fliers Wednesday and law-enforcement officials examined surveillance video, including from cameras at the hotel, Maura Duggan, a cousin of Byrne, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the search.
"Keep spreading the love, we will find you Alyssa," Duggan wrote.
Byrne is white, with black hair and blue eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has an "infinity" sign on her left wrist and wears glasses. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga pants and black snow boots.
A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Byrne's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call South Lake Tahoe police at (775) 782-9905.
Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @henryklee
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