An Indiana lady was reported lacking final week following a “suspicious” hearth in her home, authorities stated.
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 stated.
Authorities responded to her house on Oct. 1, following a 911 name for a hearth at her house in Bainbridge, positioned about 40 miles west of Indianapolis, the sheriff’s workplace stated. Smoke was reported coming from the residence round 7:40 p.m., the workplace stated.
Britney Gard is seen in undated pictures launched by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Workplace
Hearth crews extinguished the blaze, which investigators consider is “suspicious in nature,” Putnam County Sheriff Jerrod Baugh stated in an announcement on Friday.
Nobody was discovered within the fire-damaged house, and makes an attempt to contact Gard have been unsuccessful, the sheriff’s workplace stated. She was not positioned following a drone-assisted search of the world and searches of a pond on the property following the hearth, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Gard was imagined to attend her daughter’s volleyball recreation on Oct. 1, however didn’t present up, her sister, Stephanie Bowen, advised ABC Indianapolis affiliate WRTV.
“Her automobile’s at house, her purse is at house. She’s nowhere to be discovered, and the home is on hearth. It is mindless,” Bowen advised WRTV.
“I simply really feel like there’s one thing right here larger that we don’t know,” she stated.
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 via 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 research this case across the clock and are concerned together with her household to search out Britney,” Baugh stated. “Since that is an lively investigation and we proceed to collect data hourly, we is not going to be discussing any additional specific proof or data till we are able to full this endeavor and discover Britney Gard.”
Bowen urged individuals to be “vigilant” and to verify their house safety cameras.
“Britney, we love you,” she advised WRTV. “We hope to see you safely return house.”
