Jeff and Dawni Kissler haven’t seen their vulnerable 24-year-old daughter Anna Sophia since Aug. 2, when she left their farmstead in Middlesex County after behavior issues led to her being detained for a mental health evaluation.Nor have they known Anna’s whereabouts since Aug. 24, when she was released from a mental health facility in Petersburg and dropped off alone at a homeless shelter in Charlottesville. All of her belongings, including her driver’s license, Social Security card, cell phone and debit card were with her parents. “She had no access to money or social media and no way to reach out to friends or family,” said Dawni. “This is a young woman who was abandoned in a parking lot with no voice. Something is wrong. People don’t just disappear.”The family’s search for answers to Anna Sophia’s disappearance has been frustrating, exhausting, and at times frightening. The facility that last had her in its safekeeping, Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg, admitted to sending her...
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