IN EMMA BAUM: Missing from Gary, IN - 10 Oct 2024 - Age 25

Pregnant woman missing from Gary, Indiana, for more than a month

Emma Baum, 25, was last seen near 25th and Connecticut in Gary on Oct. 10. She was 9 months pregnant at the time, and might have given birth since then.

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Pregnant woman missing from Gary, Indiana, for more than a month​

Police in Gary, Indiana, are searching for a missing woman who was 9 months pregnant when she disappeared last month.

Emma Baum, 25, was last seen near 25th and Connecticut in Gary on Oct. 10.

She is 5-foot-3 and weighs approximately 135 pounds. She often wears wigs and hairpieces, but her natural hair color is brown. She has several scars on her arms, and has multiple tattoos.

Baum already might have given birth.

MEDIA - EMMA BAUM: Missing from Gary, IN - 10 Oct 2024 - Age 25

 

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Pregnant Gary woman disappears near location of teen’s earlier missing case: police

Police are searching for a 25-year-old woman who was nine months pregnant when she went missing from Gary, Indiana, last month.

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Pregnant Gary woman disappears near location of teen’s earlier missing case: police​

Police are searching for a teenage girl and a 25-year-old pregnant woman who both disappeared from Gary, Indiana in recent months.

Emma Baum, 25, was nine months pregnant when she was last seen on Oct. 10 in the 2500 block of Connecticut Street, according to Gary police. Since her disappearance, authorities say Baum may have given birth.


Her disappearance follows that of 13-year-old Ja'Niyah McMichael, who went missing on Aug. 11 within blocks of Baum’s last known location. Police say McMichael may also have been pregnant. She is described as 5-foot-2, weighing about 110 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Gary police are urging anyone with information on Baum or McMichael’s whereabouts to contact authorities.

Police have not indicated whether the two cases are connected.

 

[Kimster]

This is about a strange as it can get! What is going on?

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Pregnant Gary woman missing over 1 month; family seeks answers

The family of a missing pregnant woman from Gary, Emma Baum, is pleading for her safe return.

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Pregnant Gary woman missing over 1 month; family seeks answers​

The family of a missing pregnant woman from Gary is pleading for her safe return.

Emma Baum, 25, was last seen Oct. 10 near 25th Avenue and Connecticut Street in Gary.

She was nine months pregnant at the time; family believes she might have given birth since she's been missing.

She has several scars on her arms and multiple tattoos. She's known to wear wigs and hairpieces in various styles and colors.

Her family and friends held an emotional news conference Friday morning to help get the word out about her disappearance.

Her mother, Jamie Baum, said Emma was dropped off at her boyfriend's home before she disappeared.

They said he's currently in jail on unrelated charges.

Emma Baum has three other children, her family said.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

This is about a strange as it can get! What is going on?

I think it's just a sad coincidence.
With the additional info from today, it sounds like there's a solid POI in Emma's disappearance.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Pregnant woman missing more than a month in Indiana. What to know about her disappearance

A northwest Indiana family is pleading with the public for help in finding a missing pregnant woman who is believed to have given birth by now.

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Pregnant woman missing more than a month in Indiana. What to know about her disappearance​

Gary police told NBC Chicago they received a missing persons report on Oct. 28, well over two weeks after Baum was last seen.

Police have searched three areas and conducted several interviews, though no arrests have been made.

"One individual was picked up on a warrant," Gary Police commander Jack Hamady said. The individual, Baum's boyfriend, is currently in custody on a separate matter and has not been charged in connection to Baum's disappearance.

Baum's family suspects he may know something regarding her whereabouts.

"We have put our own lives at risk. We have ran into abandoned houses, we have dug in dirt piles," Smith said.

Baum's family is pushing for more resources to be deployed in the search effort.

According to Hamady, there are license plate reading cameras and gunshot detection technology, but no police observation device cameras, or POD cameras, in the area Baum was last seen in.

 

[Kimster]

Pregnant Gary woman missing over 1 month; family seeks answers

The family of a missing pregnant woman from Gary, Emma Baum, is pleading for her safe return.

abc7chicago.com

Pregnant Gary woman missing over 1 month; family seeks answers​

The family of a missing pregnant woman from Gary is pleading for her safe return.

Emma Baum, 25, was last seen Oct. 10 near 25th Avenue and Connecticut Street in Gary.

She was nine months pregnant at the time; family believes she might have given birth since she's been missing.

She has several scars on her arms and multiple tattoos. She's known to wear wigs and hairpieces in various styles and colors.

Her family and friends held an emotional news conference Friday morning to help get the word out about her disappearance.

Her mother, Jamie Baum, said Emma was dropped off at her boyfriend's home before she disappeared.

They said he's currently in jail on unrelated charges.

Emma Baum has three other children, her family said.

He may have harmed her and she was nine months pregnant? No words.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

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Family pleads for help finding pregnant Indiana woman who vanished in October​

“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, said Friday. “At this point we have done everything we can, and now we ask the public to please help us.”

Relatives said Baum lived in Portage, Ind., but was visiting her boyfriend in Gary on the 2500 block of Connecticut Street when she was last seen. Her mother said she believes the boyfriend had something to do with the disappearance.

“I would like my daughter home. We miss her. Her babies need her. Her family needs her,” the mother, Jamie Baum, said.


Gary police Commander Jack Hamady said the boyfriend is in custody but is being held in connection with an unrelated case.

“One individual was picked up on a warrant,” Hamady said. “I know that’s the question out there: was he charged? He has not been charged. No one in this case has been charged, and that individual was just on a separate [Fail to Appear] warrant.”

Gary investigators said they received a missing persons report for Baum on October 28. Since then, they say officers and K9s have helped in the search.

“There are three locations that have come up in the investigation, so we’ve exhausted those means and looked into video that was possibly in those areas that she was last seen as well,” Hamady said.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

2 months later, missing Gary woman's family holding out hope as new year approaches

As a new year arrives, a sense of not knowing remains for the family of Emma Baum, who has been missing since Oct. 10, but they said they won't give up their search.

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2 months later, missing Gary woman's family holding out hope as new year approaches​

The new year brings renewed hope for the family of a missing woman from Gary, Indiana, as her family continues to search for clues into her disappearance more than two months ago.

As a new year arrives, a sense of not knowing remains for the family of Emma Baum, who has been missing since Oct. 10, but they said they won't give up their search.

"It's hard, and to know that this is the beginning of a new year, and we might do this all year-round really is a feeling that you can't really explain," said her sister, Abby Smith.

Smith and her family members haven't seen Baum since mid-October. At the time, she was days away from delivering her fourth child. She vanished in Gary days before her due date.

"We can't function, we can't, you know, go one day without wondering," Smith said.

They've been inside abandoned homes with K9 teams, and the family has spent countless hours searching the neighborhood in Gary where Baum was last seen.

"We're always going to look. I'm never going to stop looking for her. My whole family will never stop looking for you, Emma," Baum's mother, Jamie, said in November.

Smith said those search efforts will continue until they find Baum.

"Like we said, it's not gonna stop. She has three kids, and regardless of anything from point A to point B, they deserve to know where their mom is or what has happened," Smith said.

Not knowing has placed an unimaginable toll on the entire family, especially during the holidays, and Smith said she's holding out hope her sister is alive.

"She missed her son's birthday. She missed Thanksgiving. She's missed Christmas. Now she's gonna miss the new year. There has to be that hope," Smith said.

Because hope is the only thing keeping them going, Baum's family said after searching and talking to people, they have reason to believe her disappearance is due to foul play.

Gary police have only classified Baum's case as a missing person investigation. Until the family hears otherwise, they're asking anyone to call with any information.

"At this point, it would provide comfort," Smith said.

But she knows her family isn't the only one searching for answers.

"There is a very large, large amount of missing women and children in Gary, Indiana, to the point where the numbers are really concerning," she said.

 

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Families push for justice in northwest Indiana missing persons cases dating back to 2015

Families of several missing people in northwest Indiana are calling for answers in cases dating back as far as 2015 and as recently as last fall.

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Families push for justice in northwest Indiana missing persons cases dating back to 2015​

Families of several missing people in northwest Indiana are demanding answers in cases that span nearly a decade, with some dating back to 2015 and others as recent as last fall.


In October, 25-year-old Emma Baum, nine months pregnant at the time, vanished without a trace. Despite multiple tips and interviews, Gary police say their investigation has yielded no results.


In response to a press conference held by the families, Gary Police Chief Derrick Cannon released a statement addressing a widely circulated list of missing persons.

"The Gary Police Department is aware of a list of missing people circulating on social media. Much of the content of this publicized list is inaccurate, due to outdated information."

The department said it is working with state partners to review the list and plans to release an updated and accurate version by Friday.

 

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Family of missing pregnant woman reveals suspicions about disappearance

An Indiana woman, nine months pregnant at the time, disappeared over three months ago, and her family has suspicions about her whereabouts.

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Family of missing pregnant woman 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. "We've talked it over with other search groups. I made a post online just saying, you know, ‘Hands of how many people would be willing to come out,’ and I posted it in multiple groups."

Baum lived in Portage, Indiana, but was visiting her boyfriend in Gary when she was last seen.

Baum-Waddell said her sister didn't have a working phone when she disappeared and that although her sister may have "gone off and done her own thing" for several days at a time, she would never disappear for such a long period of time.

"That day, she was supposed to go with her boyfriend … to the phone store and get it activated, and she never got the phone activated," she said. "She's been completely silent on everything, and now that's not like her."


Baum-Waddell believes her sister's boyfriend is "hiding something," she told Fox News Digital, and Baum's mother believes the boyfriend had something to do with her disappearance, WGN9 reported.

"We have not charged anyone with the disappearance of Emma Baum, and she has not been located yet," Hamady said. "We continue to search and interview individuals that are or maybe associated with this case."

Baum's boyfriend, who was originally in custody in an unrelated case, was released from Lake County Jail and is awaiting his court date for the separate charges, Hamady added.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I'd sure like to know what they have and did and obtained like regarding surveillance video, home security cams, etc....

 

[Kimster]

I'm surprised there's nothing new in the news about this case.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Family continues to search for Emma Baum one year later

In honor of the anniversary of Emma Baum’s disappearance, her family passed out flyers and continued to question Gary residents on Friday afternoon.

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Family continues to search for Emma Baum one year later​

When they think about the disappearance of their sister and daughter, Abi Smith and Jamie Baum don’t know how to put their feelings into words.

“Regardless of what anyone might think or feel about my sister, this is abnormal,” Smith said. “It’s not like her to walk away from everybody. It’s heavy, and it’s depressing, and it doesn’t give me a lot of faith in the surrounding area.”

Emma Baum, who was nine months pregnant at the time, was last seen in the 2500 block of Connecticut Street in Gary. Her family alleges that the Gary Police Department didn’t issue a silver alert, although they believe Baum qualified as a “high-risk missing person” because she would soon give birth.

In honor of the anniversary of Emma Baum’s disappearance, her family passed out flyers and continued to question Gary residents on whether they’ve seen Emma Baum on Friday afternoon.

“We can’t sleep,” Smith said. “We’ve been nonstop thinking about Emma for a year, and it’s getting harder and harder to function.”

Jamie Baum, Emma Baum’s mom, said family, friends and volunteers have searched throughout Gary for the past year. There have been no leads on the investigation, Jamie Baum said.

“It’s horrible not knowing where your loved one is or what happened,” Jamie Baum said. “It’s bad, and no one should have to go through that.”

It’s frustrating for Smith to not hear anything from law enforcement, she said Friday. Her family has done what they can independently to find her sister, Smith said.

“I’ve been all over Gary,” Smith added. “I’ve been to post offices, bus stops, train stops and gas stations all over the surrounding areas. … I’ve walked so many blocks consistently, trying to talk to as many people as I can.”

A spokesman for the city of Gary was unable to immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

In January, Smith and families of other missing people spoke at an awareness event for Team NWI-Independent Search and Rescue, according to Post-Tribune archives.

“We just want to know that she’s OK,” Smith said at the time. “We’re not trying to force her to come home, but we are worried. … So many of us are nonstop, continuously on the phone, talking to everybody, being traumatized by people that think this is a game.”