Missing Rita Lyn Schings Schings, approximately 2017; Tattoo on Schings's torso Date reported missing : 10/13/2017 Missing location (approx) : Scrambletown, Florida Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Female Ethnicity : White DOB : 01/18/1982 (39) Age at the time of disappearance: 35 years old Height / Weight : 5'4, 120 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A tank top and black shorts. Medical conditions : Schings is addicted to methamphetamine. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Schings has a scar on her neck. She may use the last names Delp and/or Nichols. She has a tattoo of the words "Beautiful Disaster" written lengthwise on her side; a photo of it is posted with this case summary. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Schings last spoke to her family on October 13, 2017; she said she was near Ocala, Florida at the time. She lived in Scrambletown, Florida at the time. Schings told her family she was trying to get away from her boyfriend, but didn't say where she was going or how she planned to get there. According to Schings's boyfriend, a law enforcement officer approached their residence while Schings was under the influence of drugs and she ran out the door, through a yard and into an unknown male's house. She then got a ride from a man known only as "Old Man Mike." They were traveling on Highway 40 when a police car came up behind the vehicle, and Schings jumped out the window of the vehicle as it was still missing. These statements have not been verified. Schings has never been heard from again. Her case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Marion County Sheriff's Office 352-732-8181 September 2021 updates and sources |