Determined household and buddies of a pregnant mom of 4 who disappeared in Indiana final month are hoping to rally help to deliver her — and her presumably new child little one — residence.
Emma Baum, 25, was final seen at her boyfriend’s home in Gary, Ind. on Oct. 10, her household mentioned. She was closely pregnant on the time and sure due in simply days.
“We are looking for my sister. She was one centimeter dilated on October 4. She has been missing since October 10,” Baum’s sister, Abigale Smith, mentioned at a press convention on Friday.
“At this point, we have done everything we can, and now we ask the public to please help us.”
Jamie Baum, Emma’s mom, believes her daughter’s boyfriend had one thing to do together with her sudden disappearance.
“I would like my daughter home. We miss her. Her babies need her. Her family needs her,” she mentioned on the press convention.
Emma’s boyfriend has since been taken into custody, however in connection to an unrelated case for a failure to seem warrant, Gary police Commander Jack Hamady mentioned.
A lacking individuals report wasn’t filed for Emma till Oct. 28 — 18 days after she was final seen at her boyfriend’s home.
Police say that they’ve devoted their search efforts to the three main areas which have come up in the course of the investigation and are pivoting to scour outdated video footage within the areas the place Emma was final seen.
The younger mother is roughly 5 toes 3 inches tall and weighs about 136 kilos. She steadily wears wigs and completely different hair items however is of course a brunette.
“We love you, Emma. And if you can hear us, there is nothing that you have done to make any of us stop loving you. We trust that somebody knows something and we want her home,” Smith mentioned.