Her family reported this on social media. “Fantastic news, our family has been informed that she has been found,” sister Maria said on Friday. Police were unable to confirm the report early Friday morning.
It is unclear what exactly happened to the woman, who has Korean roots. “We have not yet been able to speak to her ourselves because she is still with the Dutch police. We have no further details on how she is doing.”
Family to the Netherlands
Joanna Ji had been missing since Wednesday, April 20. Her passport, phone or wallet were found and delivered to the police. A spokesman for the Amsterdam police confirmed that an investigation was being conducted into her disappearance.
A crowdfunding campaign had been launched to support the family, who wanted to come to the Netherlands in the short term. That had meanwhile yielded 24,000 New Zealand dollars (almost 15,000 euros), but the action has stopped now that the woman has been found. Relatives are still planning to fly to our country to support Joanna. The money that remains, the family says it wants to “donate to a charity that supports the families of missing persons.”