Have You Seen This Woman? She's Missing from Baltimore County

A woman whose adopted daughter disappeared more than a week ago in Baltimore County says she is beside herself with worry.

“I’m just at a loss,” Christie Zukor told Patch on Monday, March 23.

Her daughter—Marina Zukor, 20—was last seen in Cockeysville on Sunday, March 15. The Zukors adopted Marina from Russia in 2011 and they say she suffers from emotional and physical issues that require medication.

Sometime between 5 and 8 p.m. that day, Marina disappeared from the parking lot of the Rossbrooke Apartments off Cranbrook Road. She was living in a building nearby as part of the Mosaic Transitional Aged Youth Program, where she was learning to function in the world outside of a hospital setting.

She has been in and out of treatment programs for post-traumatic stress, bipolar and mood disorders, her mother said.

A young man in the Rossbrooke parking lot said a sedan with dark tinted windows picked her up after she used a stranger’s cell phone, according to her mother, who has since started a Facebook page to try to find her daughter.

Marina has a life-threatening condition that requires regular medication. The last time she took her medication was March 15, according to her mother. She has no phone, no extra clothing and no money.

“She’s not feeling well, I would imagine,” Christie Zukor told Patch. “My hope is she ends up in an ER somewhere.”

While Marina is 20 years old, she has the mentality of a 12-year-old as the result of her various health conditions, according to her mother.

“She’s very vulnerable,” Zukar said.

Marina had been enrolled at Parkville High School since mid January in the English as a Second Language program, where her mother said she was classified as a freshman.

School officials told the family that Marina had not been to school at all last week, Christie Zukor said.

Marina has a thick Russian accent, is 5’3” and weighs 130 pounds. She has shoulder-length brown hair and a scar on her left cheek.

When last seen, Marina was wearing a gray sweater dress, yellow fleece, black coat, gray leggings and black boots.

Anyone with information regarding Marina’s whereabouts may leave a comment on the ”Find Marina Zukor” Facebook page.

Photos courtesy of the Zukors.