Although he wasn't ready to say there was criminal activity, Eldard said Jones' disappearance was considered suspicious because it was not like her to take off without telling anyone.

Jones, a nurse, grandmother and mother of two adult sons, has not shown up for work since Thursday.

The last time family members heard from Deborah Jones was April 17 when she called them. Eldard said he did not know where the call was placed. Jones left that morning in her Volkswagen Passat with Utah license plate 817 MKL. Since then, he said he was not aware of Jones' using her cell phone or credit card. Jones' family said they have tried calling her phone but it's turned off. Her car had not been found as of Monday.

The family received a bogus call Monday saying her car was found in Las Vegas, Jeff Jones said. A sign was placed on the Jones' door Monday warning others to be guarded and not be scammed by anyone calling and claiming to be Deborah.

The day before she disappeared, Jones met with a Salt Lake detective about an issue regarding Doyel, Eldard said. He did not know what the issue was. She did not seem to be worried at that time that she was in danger, he said.

The Jones family said on the Web site that Doyel has "an extensive criminal record." A check of state court records in Utah by the Deseret News showed Doyel was arrested in 1999 in Salt Lake City for being a fugitive from justice from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Doyel was also charged in 1999 in 3rd District Court and later convicted of assault on a police officer and interfering with an arrest, both misdemeanors.

Jones is 5 feet 6 inches, weighs 230 pounds with hazel eyes and shoulder-length brunette hair. Doyel is 5 feet 11 inches, 195 pounds with brown eyes and wavy brown hair. He wears wire-rim glasses. He has a tattoo "Jan Dolley" on his chest.

Fliers can be printed from the finddebbie.com Web site. Anyone with information on either Jones or Doyel can call police at 799-INFO.

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Contributing: Aaron Falk

E-mail: preavy@desnews.com