A woman has gone missing and her ex-rocket friend is considered a person of interest.
Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, was last seen in Santa Cruz on Dec. 3, police said. Her boyfriend, 54-year-old Theobald Brooks Lengyel – who goes by “Theo” – reportedly “did not cooperate” with their investigation.
Since contacting Lengyel – one of the founders of the funk-metal band Mr. Bungle of San Francisco – El Cerrito police have identified him as a person of interest in the Herrmann disappearance case.
After not hearing from her for over a week, her family reported her missing on December 12.
El Cerrito police then located her vehicle in front of her boyfriend's El Cerrito home after traveling by car from El Cerrito to Portland, Oregon in the days following Herrmann's disappearance, El Cerrito police said in a declaration.
Theobald Brooks Lengyel — a former San Francisco musician who goes by “Theo” — reportedly “uncooperative” with police following the Dec. 3 disappearance of his girlfriend
Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, was last seen in Santa Cruz, and her car was found parked in front of her former famous boyfriend's El Cerrito home
Issued Saturday after police allegedly contacted the Bay Area musician, it read: “Based on his actions, Theo Lengyel is a person of interest in the disappearance of Alice Hermann.
“(He) did not cooperate with the police investigation.”
The statement then goes on to detail how police have seized both of the couple's vehicles – and are “seeking information regarding the actions of both (Lengyel) and (Herrmann) from December 3, 2023 until now.”
Anyone with information about either was urged to contact El Cerrito police as they continue the investigation, which is being supported by detectives from the Capitola and Portland police departments, police said.
Researchers also asked residents who spend time in regional parks and “open spaces” to keep an eye out for anything suspicious, suggesting such sights could lead to clues about the missing woman's whereabouts.
Police said Herrmann, a 6-foot-2 Pacific Islander woman, is rarely without her red 2007 Toyota Highlander SUV.
Lengyel, a 6-foot-4, 170-pound former saxophonist, drives a blue 1989 Ford pickup. Investigators said he also goes by the name “Mylo Stone.”
Still not officially a suspect, Lengyel is the only person of interest named in the now nearly week-long case.
He played saxophone, clarinet and keyboards in the rock group Humboldt County, which he joined in 1986 at the age of 16, before signing with Warner Bros after a move to San Francisco in the early 1990s, during which they achieved commercial success.
According to police, Herrmann, a 6-foot-4 Pacific Islander woman, is rarely without her red 2007 Toyota Highlander SUV. Lengyel, a 6-foot-4, 170-pound former saxophonist, drives a blue Ford pickup from 1989. Both cars are currently in police custody
Shown at left around 1990, he played saxophone, clarinet and keyboards in the rock group Humboldt County, which he joined in 1986 at the age of 16, before signing with Warner Bros after a move to San Francisco in the early 1990s, where they achieved commercial skills. good luck
Their 1991 debut, entitled Mr Bungle, received largely critical acclaim, with journalist Bill Pahnelas calling the fusion of metal, funk, ska and freeform jazz 'an incredible musical tour de force' at the time.
He left the band in the second quarter of 1999 due to unspecified “creative differences” with other members, and has since disappeared from the music scene.
Their 1991 debut, entitled Mr Bungle, received largely favorable reviews, with journalist Bill Pahnelas calling the fusion of metal, funk, ska and freeform jazz 'an incredible musical tour de force' at the time.
Lengyel plays keyboards on the album, and woodwinds, keyboards and organ on the band's first second studio installment, 1995's Disco Volante, and also appears along with several other Mr. Bungle members as special guest on the Melt Banana track 'Area 877 (Phoenix Mix)', from their 1998 album Charlie.
He left the band in the second quarter of 1999 due to unspecified “creative differences” with other members, and has since disappeared from the music scene.
Without going into details, Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn recalled in a 2005 interview how Lengyel left the band on bad terms.
“We unanimously decided to continue without him because he wasn't growing with the rest of the band and we ran out of things for him to do,” he said.
“He got mad and I haven't heard from him since.”
A week into their investigation, police have yet to name an official suspect. They didn't want to say that Lengyel wasn't helping their efforts.