An Indiana girl was reported lacking final week following a “suspicious” fireplace in her home, authorities mentioned.
Britney Gard, 46, was final seen the evening of Sept. 30, in keeping with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace. She is taken into account a lacking endangered particular person “as a consequence of her unknown whereabouts,” the sheriff’s workplace said.
Authorities responded to her dwelling on Oct. 1, following a 911 name for a hearth at her dwelling in Bainbridge, situated about 40 miles west of Indianapolis, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. Smoke was reported coming from the residence round 7:40 p.m., the workplace mentioned.
Britney Gard is seen in undated photographs launched by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace
Hearth crews extinguished the blaze, which investigators imagine is “suspicious in nature,” Putnam County Sheriff Jerrod Baugh mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
Nobody was discovered within the fire-damaged dwelling, and makes an attempt to contact Gard had been unsuccessful, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. She was not situated following a drone-assisted search of the world and searches of a pond on the property following the fireplace, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Gard was presupposed to attend her daughter’s volleyball recreation on Oct. 1, however didn’t present up, her sister, Stephanie Bowen, informed ABC Indianapolis affiliate WRTV.
“Her automotive’s at dwelling, her purse is at dwelling. She’s nowhere to be discovered, and the home is on fireplace. It is not sensible,” Bowen informed WRTV.
“I simply really feel like there’s one thing right here larger that we don’t know,” she mentioned.
Britney Gard was final seen on Sept. 30, 2025, in keeping with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace
The search continued this week for the mom of two, with dozens of individuals, together with her sisters, wanting by way of cornfields and wooded areas close to Gard’s property on Monday, WRTV reported.
Detectives requested anybody with details about her whereabouts to contact the sheriff’s workplace.
“We proceed to analyze this case across the clock and are concerned along with her household to search out Britney,” Baugh mentioned. “Since that is an energetic investigation and we proceed to collect info hourly, we is not going to be discussing any additional specific proof or info till we are able to full this endeavor and discover Britney Gard.”
Bowen urged folks to be “vigilant” and to examine their dwelling safety cameras.
“Britney, we love you,” she informed WRTV. “We hope to see you safely return dwelling.”
