HOUSTON – UPDATE:
A bad reaction to medication is being blamed for the weekend disappearance of Texas A&M sports reporter Courtney Roland.
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Houston police said Roland, who was the subject of a search that started after she was reported missing by her roommate Sunday evening, had a reaction to medication she was taking, which caused her to become confused and disoriented.
“She seems pretty confused about everything,” police said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
This story is being updated.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A Texas A&M football reporter who was reported missing Saturday after covering Texas Team Elite football camp in the Houston area was found safe Monday in the Galleria area, police said.
Courtney Roland, 29, a sports reporter for AggieYell.com, was last seen around 5:40 p.m. walking alone in a store in the Galleria mall, police said. She was wearing black pants, black shoes with orange shoe laces, orange hat and a camouflage jacket, according to investigators.
Police found her 2010 white Jeep Cherokee early Monday morning in the Galleria area.
UPDATE: Our officers have found Ms. Roland in the Galleria area. She appears unharmed. She'll be taken to an area hospital for an evaluation. We are not providing the location where she was found or hospital at this time. More info to follow. #HouNews https://t.co/btdaJLbifW
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 8, 2018
Roland's roommate told KPRC that Roland texted her about a suspicious man she saw in Walgreens who was following her.
The roommate said he followed Roland to her home in a blue truck as she was parked in the driveway. The roommate said the blue truck looped back around and parked behind her and Roland got out of her car and the truck sped off.
The roommate said she and Roland were supposed to meet up, but the roommate didn't hear from her again.
Roland's mother said that on Sunday she received a text from her phone saying, "hello the owner of this phone Courtney. I am buying an iPad."
The roommate also said Roland's vehicle was broken into six weeks ago and she's been on high-alert since.
Many people took to Twitter using the hashtag #HelpFindCourtney in an effort to locate the missing reporter. Governor Greg Abbott was among them.
#HelpFindCourtney https://t.co/LNUNsG1HBk
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 8, 2018
Roland was a sports intern at KPRC Channel 2 in 2010.
This story comes courtesy our sister station in Houston, KPRC.