Friends of missing Katy Perry songwriter Camela Leierth-Segura have expressed fears that she may have been kidnapped.
Leierth-Segura, 48, was last seen in the middle of the night on June 30 near Robbins Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
Six weeks later without a trace of the singer, who is originally from Nederluleå, Sweden, friends and family are increasingly concerned.
Cecilia Foss told The Independent she fears that someone has kidnapped Camela and is holding her somewhere.
“My biggest fear is that someone has her and hurts her,” said Ms Foss, who said it was not in her character for the musician to disappear.
Leierth-Segura, 48, has been missing for more than six weeks
The singer-songwriter was last seen in the middle of the night on June 30 near Robbins Drive in Beverly Hills
After Camela’s sister reported a missing person, it turned out that she had recently been evicted and was struggling with money problems.
Another old friend, Liz Montgomery, was alerted by her sister in Sweden, prompting her to request a welfare check.
Police responded to her last known address in Beverly Hills, where the landlord told them she had been evicted.
“She had told us all she was in trouble; Covid definitely wasn’t helpful to her because she’s a musician, model, actress, all that sort of thing,” Ms Montgomery previously said told The Los Angeles Times.
Add: “And no money came in.”
Leierth is best known for her collaboration with ‘Teenage Dream’ singer Katy Perry
“When I woke up in the morning there was already a message saying ‘Hey, have you spoken to Camela?'” Montgomery said, recalling the day she first became concerned about her friend’s whereabouts.
Another friend who has been active in the search says she believes something bad happened to the musician.
“I’d like to think nothing bad happened, but do I think something bad happened? Yes,” friend Cecilia Foss told the Southern California outlet.
Liz Montgomery (pictured) said the first sign of trouble was that no one close to the singer-songwriter had heard from her, including her family back home in Sweden.
“I’d like to think nothing bad happened, but do I think something bad happened? Yes,” friend Cecilia Foss (pictured) told ABC 7 about Leierth
In 2013 de Leierth co-wrote the song ‘Walk On Air’ for Perry’s ‘Prism’ album
Neighbors echoed Foss’s concerns, saying it’s unusual for her to be quiet.
Harrison Silverman, who lived nearby, said he would see Leierth once a week, but he hadn’t heard from her at all since June.
Shiva Bagheri said she has not seen her car for over a month.
Friends and neighbors said she was struggling to pay rent before her disappearance, but they don’t believe she would just get up and disappear.
“She means the world to us and time is of the essence. Her family in Sweden is begging for your help,” Montgomery wrote on Instagram.
“We are deeply concerned for her safety and despite our best efforts, local authorities have been unable to locate her,” a friend posted on Instagram.
Leierth is best known for her collaboration with ‘Teenage Dream’ singer Katy Perry. In 2013, the Swede co-wrote the song ‘Walk On Air’ for Perry’s ‘Prism’ album.
Released as a single, the song entered the iTunes chart at number one in the United States and was described as having a 1990s sound.
In an interview with MTV at the time, Perry said of the single, “It’s my favorite song off the record.”
Beverly Hills police told DailyMail.com that the disappearance is still under active investigation.
Police receive tips on the case at 310-285-2184. Friends and family are also asking to send tips and information to findcamela@gmail.com.