Cambodian Woman Staying in San Diego Vanishes

Chansotheavy Young was last seen on Jan. 4

On New Year’s Eve, Chansotheavy Young sang traditional Cambodian music, wowing a crowd gathered at Lee's Garden in San Diego.

Four days later, the 29-year-old woman vanished.

Surveillance video captured the last time she was seen leaving the Allied Gardens home where she had been staying with her manager Lim Cheang and his family. It was around 8 a.m. on Jan. 4.

“Maybe someone took her and kidnapped her,” said a worried Cheang. “That’s why I called the cops.”

Suitcases full of clothes, her purses and other belongings are still in the room where the entertainer stayed.

San Diego police believe Young, who speaks very little English, may be headed to Everett, Washington, where she may have friends or family.

Young is a 5-foot tall, 100-pound Cambodian resident with long, black, straight hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black coat, black pants and black shoes.

Cheang’s concern for Young’s whereabouts started around 10 or 11 a.m. Monday when she didn't answer her door to take a call from a male friend on the East Coast.

Her cellphone was turned off, triggering Cheang to check the security camera at this home and start a neighborhood search with his friend.

“We looked around again and again, two or three times,” said friend Son Taing.

Young has been in the U.S. on a visa since September, touring the country to give Cambodian communities a taste of home.

Now her San Diego family is hoping she returns so they can reunite her with her true family
in Cambodia.

“Please come back,” said Taing. “Your mom, your dad are waiting for you. Go back to your country be safe all together. I pray for her every day.”

Young was scheduled to perform in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday.

If you have any information, you can call the San Diego Police Department at 619-531-2277.
 

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