Family of missing Indiana pregnant woman Emma Baum reveals suspicions about disappearance
An Indiana woman was nine months pregnant when she disappeared over three months ago, and her family has suspicions about her last whereabouts.Mother of three Emma Baum, 25, went missing Oct.10 in Gary, Indiana, and she was about to give birth to her fourth child. Baum was last seen being dropped off at her boyfriend’s house, her sister Hailey Baum-Waddell told Fox News Digital. “Looking for Emma has been a very struggling thing for everybody, mentally and physically and emotionally … but we’re not going to stop looking for her,” Baum-Waddell said.
“I think if people keep going on and chanting that something needs to be done and chanting her name … just get the word out because a lot of people know, but not everybody knows.”Authorities received a missing persons report for Baum from her family Oct.28, Gary Police Cmdr.
Jack Hamady told Fox News Digital. “A couple of days went by.… We all started, like, messaging each other, ‘Hey, have you heard from Emma? Anybody seen her? Can you message one of her friends to get a hold of her boyfriend?’ And it was kind of just a ring around with everybody and everyone’s just trying to figure it out,” Baum-Waddell said.“Then we’re like, ‘OK, well, this is not normal.’ … That’s when my mom really started to panic,” she added. “Then my mom ended up going to the police station.”Officers with the Gary Police Department have used K-9s on several searches in the area, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Department has assisted in a few of the searches, Hamady said.“We have searched a house, apartment, recreational vehicles and one other property,” he added.In addition to the police investigation, Baum-Waddell said she and other relatives of Baum have been organizing a widespread search after a social media post of hers drew hundreds of willing participants. “There’s been a lot of people who have offered to come out and look for her,” she said.
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