A 22-year-old college student whose disappearance had police scouring Southern California for weeks said she was overwhelmed with personal problems when she decided to walk away . Sahray Barber , whose March 9 disappearance triggered a huge land and air search across Southern California 's Inland Empire , resurfaced on March 19 . She had spent the ten days living in two Los Angeles-area hospitals under assumed names . Scroll down for video . Sahray Barber vanished on March 9 from her home in San Bernadino , California , and a search effort began . The 22-year-old college student reappeared on March 19 after spending about ten days in LA hospitals . After leaving the second hospital , she met a woman who treated her kindly and finally got her to open up and to reach out to her father , Barber said . Barber called her father from a shelter after seeing news reports about her case and asked to come home . While she was gone , a huge search involving aircraft , dogs and horseback riders was being carried out by police . Barber released a statement to the Riverside Press-Enterprise Enterprise on Thursday trying to explain what happened to her . She said she had lost her job , her car had been wrecked and computer problems were causing her to fall behind in her studies at the Art Institute of California-Inland Empire . She wrote : 'Things got so bad that I did n't know what to say or who to ask for help , . ' I had dug a hole so deep , that I felt entirely hopeless . ' She called her father from a shelter after seeing news reports about her case and asked to come home . Barber indicated that she paid little attention to media reports of the search while she was in the hospital , but was stunned when she found out all it involved . The young woman called what she did 'incredibly dumb ' . She wrote : ' I ask for everyone 's forgiveness , most especially my wonderful family for all the worry and long nights I caused you , and all the amazing men , women , dogs and horses that searched for me . ' On the day she vanished , Barber walked out of her apartment , threw her computer and a few other belongings over a wall and left with just a few dollars in her pocket . Her disappearance was even more concerning because two women had recently been assaulted on the campus of California State University , San Bernardino , near Barber 's home . San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the department will seek criminal charges against Barber 's roommates . They gave statements to police that indicated Barber had been killed , according to Burguan . It 's possible that Barber will face charges as well due to the scope and cost of the investigation .
Sahray Barber vanished on March 9 from California , San Bernadino . A massive search and rescue effort involving dogs and airplanes began . She reappeared on March 19 , after spending about ten days in hospitals . Barber , 22 , said : ' I had dug a hole so deep , that I felt entirely hopeless '