Social media users rally to identify Aussie woman in US with amnesia

US and Australian authorities are trying to solve the identity of a blonde, middle-aged woman believed to be an Australian with amnesia.

Social media users rallied to identify a woman in US with amnesia. (Facebook)

Social media users rallied to identify a woman in US with amnesia. (Facebook) Source: Facebook

The mystery surrounding "Sam", a woman who could be an Australian suffering from amnesia in California, continues.

This is despite a media and social media storm that has circulated the blonde woman's face around the world.

The FBI and Australian authorities, along with Interpol, are working to identify the woman who was found in Carlsbad, near San Diego, on February 1, according to her supporters.

"We would like to thank everyone for sharing this story," a recent post on a Facebook page set up to identify the woman says.

"We are so grateful to you all and social media.

"We would like to inform you that we are working with the authorities and will keep you posted."


Little is known about the woman, who appears to speak in an Australian accent and recalls swimming at Perth's Cottlesloe Beach, Sydney's Bondi Beach, Cairns, Byron Bay and Hawaii.

"All of my initial dreams had to do with a lap pool swimming in a salt water pool in Perth, then Icebergs in New South Wales and in Cairns in Queensland and Byron Bay," Sam said in a post on the Facebook page.

The woman, aged about 50, with brown eyes, was in dire health when discovered in Carlsbad, near San Diego, and was taken to a hospital by fire department paramedics.

She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which is thought to have caused her to have retrograde amnesia.

"She cannot recall her name or names of any family or friends," the Facebook page states.


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