TiJae Baker.Photo: New York Police Department
A Brooklyn, N.Y., mother is desperate to locate her 23-year-old daughter, who has not returned from a May 1 trip she took to Washington, D.C.
A rally was held Monday in New York City, calling attention to the case.
Toquanna Baker, TiJae’s mother, said she knows her daughter got off the train at D.C.’s Union Station, but that her phone was shut off shortly after she left Brooklyn.
“After this rally, I’m going right back out there, because I’m going to find my daughter,” Baker said, adding she’s searched abandoned buildings in her continuing efforts to bring TiJae home.
Baker has had some luck with leads. For instance, she tracked down surveillance footage that shows TiJae in a Maryland nail salon last week.
In the clip, TiJae can be seen pacing back and forth — apparently on a phone, calling home.
Baker said TiJae called home on June 1, and, in a whispered voice, begged to be rescued.
Speaking to CBS News, the worried mother described TiJae as “very humble” and “the sweetest person.”
The mother and grandmother drove straight to the salon, but TiJae was gone.
Baker also managed to track down the woman who’d hired TiJae, and provided her name and information to investigators.
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TiJae stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs an estimated 130 lbs.
The last time she was seen, she was wearing a black sweater, gray shorts and a white top.
Baker said she fears her daughter was pulled into a human trafficking scheme, or possibly lured into a cult.
Anyone with information about TiJae Baker’s whereabouts is urged to call the New York Police Department at 800-577-TIPS.
source: people.com
