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Sarah Dreyer: Florida mom who was found dead days after she was reported missing was battling depression due to recent job loss

Sarah Dreyer had dropped her children at school and returned home before she took off and reportedly left a note for her husband

RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA: Sarah Dreyer, a Florida woman who was found dead days later after vanishing on the morning of April 10 was allegedly battling depression. She was jobless which made her condition terrible. Dreyer had dropped her children off at school and returned home at 8.30 am.

She then departed her house and walked to Bell Creek Nature Preserve in Riverview, Florida. She had reportedly left a note as her husband returned to the empty house. A volunteer search team 'Sunshine State Sonar' confirmed on April 20 on social media that Dreyer has now been found dead.

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'Sarah Dreyer had been battling depression for a while'

"Sarah Dreyer had been battling depression for a while, a recent job loss worsened her condition before she wrote a note and walked into the preserve," a social media user claimed on Twitter."Her father knew the outcome, it’s why boots were needed as opposed to media. I hope her children, siblings, and family heal." Advising to check on the loved ones another user wrote, "Sarah Dreyer has been found deceased in the woods. She struggled with mental health problems for years. Please check on your loved ones today. Grateful to the group that went out and found her."

Prior to the volunteer search team ending up finding Dreyer, massive searches reportedly had fetched no information on her. HCSO Sheriffs' office announced her searches on April 11, stating, "Deputies are searching for Sarah Dreyer, 38. She was last seen at 8.30 am on Monday at her home in the 11000 block of Donneymoor Drive in Riverview..."

'Life is so tough & we all deserve happiness in this short life!'

Bobby an independent journalist who follows crime wrote, "A crime I just want to remind everyone, if you are going through a rough patch in this life, please reach out to someone...As someone who struggles with anxiety & depression, it has helped me to talk with someone and also to talk with others going through it. Life is so tough & we all deserve to feel happiness in this short life!" "Today we teamed up with the local search team (We Are The Essentials). We arrived at Sarah’s home at approximately 3:30 PM. After a quick chat with Sarah’s friends and family, we sonar searched the lake behind her home. When that search turned up nothing, we decided to search a heavily wooded nature preserve at the end of her street. Two hours into that ground search and approximately 2 miles deep in the woods, we were able to locate Sarah. Unfortunately, she was deceased," Sunshine State Sonar announced in a post on Facebook.

MEAWW could not independently verify this information'