Although nobody seems to know exactly where Lt. j.g. Jennifer Kincaid is, the Oak Harbor police have decided that the naval flight officer with Whidbey Island Naval Air Station can no longer be classified as a “missing person.”

Sgt. Jerry Baker with the Oak Harbor Police said he’s determined that 31-year-old Kincaid left town and went to Canada on her own free will.

She was last seen by a neighbor at her NW Ensign Drive home March 22, but police were able to track her movements north to Canada through financial transactions and tapes from surveillance cameras at businesses.

While some initially worried that she may have been lost on a camping trip in the state, police now know that she entered Canada May 23. Baker checked her financial records and found that she drew out between $3,000 to $4,000 before crossing the border.

“That’s not a two-day camping trip,” Baker said. “It’s obviously a pre-planned event.”

Baker said the woman’s absence is now a military matter.

“Under civilian rule, she is free to go wherever she wants,” he said.

Military rule is a different matter. Her status with the military is now listed as “unauthorized absence.” She may have violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice by her absence, according to Navy public affairs officer Kim Martin.

Kincaid, an EA-6B Prowler electronics countermeasures officer, was due back at work with her squadron, VAQ 131, on the morning of Saturday, March 26. But the squadron had reported her missing two days before because nobody had heard from the normally reliable woman.

Baker said she had told people she was going camping, but didn’t tell anyone she was headed to Canada.

While the Oak Harbor police are no longer actively investigating Kincaid’s whereabouts, Baker said both U.S. and Canadian law enforcement are keeping her listed as missing in their “systems” in case an officer makes contact with her or someone spots her vehicle. Friends and families just want to know that she’s OK.