Woman And Infant Vanish After Doctor's Visit In Northern California

FRESNO, CA — A 36-year-old Northern California mother and her 8-month-old daughter have been missing since July 15 when they were last seen driving in the city of Atwater, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.

Whisper Owen and her daughter Sandra McCarty, of Elk Grove, vanished after leaving a doctor's appointment in Fresno two weeks ago, according to a report by KTLA. The mother had left her partner and other children at home to take the baby to the doctor's in Fresno where her family lives.

Owen is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 145 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. McCarty is described as 1-foot-10, weighing 17 pounds with green eyes and brown hair, police said.

They were last seen traveling together in a silver 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer with a CA license plate that reads 9LKH008 and the SUV has damage to the driver’s side headlight, police said.

The car left Fresno around 5 p.m. on July 15, and a traffic camera captured it around 8 p.m. in the city of Atwater near Shaffer and Bellevue roads, police said.

Officers said the two were supposed to be heading home to Elk Grove in Sacramento County where family members were expecting them.

At around 4 a.m on July 15, the mother and daughter left their Elk Grove home, where Owen and her partner live with their three children, in order to make the approximately 160-mile drive to Fresno, KTLA reported.

After the doctor's visit, Owen and her daughter visited her brother’s Fresno home before stopping at her mother’s and left Fresno around 5 p.m., according to KTLA.

According to surveillance footage near a smoke shop in Atwater, Owen can be seen changing the child’s diaper around 8 p.m., KTLA reported.

No one has reported seeing or hearing from them since, authorities said.

Owen’s partner, who has not been identified, called Owen’s mother three days later to ask where Owen was, KTLA reported.

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department is urging anyone with information to call 911.