Mint Butterfield, the 16-year-old daughter of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, has gone missing, prompting concerns in one of San Francisco’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods, Tenderloin.
As per Marin County Sheriff’s spokesperson Deputy Jose Suarez, Mint was last seen at 10 pm on Sunday in Bolinas, California. Her mother, Caterina Fake, reported her missing the next morning.
A ‘missing’ flyer featuring Mint’s photograph was shared by the Sheriff’s Office on the social media platform Nextdoor this Tuesday. While Mint attends a prestigious boarding school in nearby Napa Valley, there are concerns that she may be in San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin neighborhood.
Mint was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama bottoms, and black boots, described as having brown/reddish curly hair and pierced eyebrows.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who shared the flyer, highlighted the challenges of the Tenderloin district, notorious for its history of drug abuse, crime, and homelessness. This area has become the epicenter of the Fentanyl Crisis in San Francisco.
According to the San Francisco Standard, Mint has a history of substance abuse and is a known visitor to the Tenderloin district. Authorities, however, have not confirmed whether she visited the area willingly this time or if there are any signs of her being forcibly detained.
Who are Mint Butterfield’s parents
Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of the messaging app Slack, has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in 2021 for $28 billion, and Butterfield left the company in 2022.
Butterfield’s wife, Caterina Fake, co-founded the image-sharing platform Flickr with him. They sold the image-hosting website to Yahoo in 2005.
Fake and Butterfield were married in 2001 and remained together until 2007, the year Mint was born. At the time of her disappearance, Mint was living with her mother and attending a private boarding school in the Napa area.