A California woman has gone missing and her ex-rock musician boyfriend is considered a person of interest – but he is not cooperating with the investigation.
Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, who was dating musician Theo Lengyel, was last seen in Santa Cruz on Dec. 3, the El Cerrito Police Department said in a statement.
Her family reported her missing on Dec. 12 after not hearing from her for over a week.
“El Cerrito investigators located her vehicle in front of the home of her boyfriend, Theobald (Theo) Brooks Lengyel (54), in El Cerrito, CA,” the police release states.
Her vehicle was described as a red 2007 Toyota Highlander SUV with license plate 5VAC944.
“Based on his actions, Theo Lengyel is a person of interest in Alice Hermann’s disappearance and has not cooperated with the police investigation,” police added, adding that he also goes by the name “Mylo Stone.”
Lengyel traveled by vehicle from El Cerrito to Portland, Oregon, in the days after Herrmann’s disappearance, cops said.
Herrmann is described as a 5-foot-4 Pacific Islander woman with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Lengyel played saxophone, clarinet and keyboards in the rock group Mr. Bungle, SFGATE reported.
He was a founding member of the funk-metal band, which was started by a group of Humboldt County high school students, according to the outlet.
“El Cerrito Police Investigators are collaborating with detectives from the Capitola and Portland Police Departments to locate information and evidence relating to Alice’s disappearance,” police said.
The department asked people “who spend time in regional parks and open spaces to be on the lookout for anything suspicious that might lead to Alice’s whereabouts.”
Lengyel had a nearly 10-year run with Mr. Bungle from 1985 to the mid-1990s, SFGATE reported.
In 2005, member Trevor Dunn said Lengyel had left on bad terms.
“We unanimously decided to go on without him because he wasn’t growing with the rest of the band and we were running out of things for him to do,” Dunn reportedly wrote a fan during a Q&A.
“He got pissed off and I haven’t heard from him since,” he added.
A LinkedIn profile for Lengyel lists his occupations in software development and programming.
One of his clients wrote in a recommendation: “I, Mylo Stone, hereby endorse Theo Lengyel and everything he has ever done.
“I know him quite well, and I can say without hesitation that the scariest thing about him is his unfulfilled potential,” it adds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact El Cerrito investigators at 510-215-4435 or investigations@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us.