{"id":13095,"date":"2025-10-08T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:51:25","slug":"indiana-woman-reported-missing-after-suspicious-fire-in-her-house-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13095","title":{"rendered":"Indiana woman reported missing after &#8216;suspicious&#8217; fire in her house: Sheriff&#8217;s office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Indiana woman was reported missing last week following a &#8220;suspicious&#8221; fire in her house, authorities said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britney Gard, 46, was last seen the night of Sept. 30, according to the Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. She is considered a missing endangered person &#8220;due to her unknown whereabouts,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PCSDSheriff\/posts\/pfbid0P5uzKKgLMny7tk1ut7n24z5Chrp3yP5mrLtxMVMiQXjpJgom4XVriVF893X2ahUel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities responded to her home on Oct. 1, following a 911 call for a fire at her home in Bainbridge, located about 40 miles west of Indianapolis, the sheriff&#8217;s office said. Smoke was reported coming from the residence around 7:40 p.m., the office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-2-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-2-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-2.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office &#8211; PHOTO: Britney Gard is seen in undated photos released by the Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire crews extinguished the blaze, which investigators believe is &#8220;suspicious in nature,&#8221; Putnam County Sheriff Jerrod Baugh said in a statement on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one was found in the fire-damaged home, and attempts to contact Gard were unsuccessful, the sheriff&#8217;s office said. She was not located following a drone-assisted search of the area and searches of a pond on the property following the fire, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.msn.com\/staticsb\/statics\/latest\/views\/icons\/ChevronRightWhiteBold.svg\" alt=\"call to action icon\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/dulce-maria-alvarez-disappearance-marks-6th-anniversary-ai\/story?id=125620638\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dulce Maria Alavez disappearance marks 6th anniversary, as AI tools revive New Jersey search<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gard was supposed to attend her daughter&#8217;s volleyball game on Wednesday, but did not show up, her sister, Stephanie Bowen, told ABC Indianapolis affiliate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/putnam-county\/it-makes-no-sense-missing-putnam-county-womans-family-shares-details-about-troubling-disappearance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WRTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Her car&#8217;s at home, her purse is at home. She\u2019s nowhere to be found, and the house is on fire. It makes no sense,&#8221; Bowen told WRTV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I just feel like there\u2019s something here bigger that we don\u2019t know,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The search continued this week for the mother of two, with dozens of people, including her sisters, looking through cornfields and wooded areas near Gard\u2019s property on Monday, WRTV reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives asked anyone with information about her whereabouts to contact the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We continue to investigate this case around the clock and are involved with her family to find Britney,&#8221; Baugh said. &#8220;Since this is an active investigation and we continue to gather information hourly, we will not be discussing any further particular evidence or information until we can complete this endeavor and find Britney Gard.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bowen urged people to be &#8220;vigilant&#8221; and to check their home security cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Britney, we love you,&#8221; she told WRTV. &#8220;We hope to see you safely return home.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indiana woman was reported missing last week following a &#8220;suspicious&#8221; fire in her house, authorities said.&nbsp; Britney Gard, 46, was last seen the night of Sept. 30, according to the Putnam County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. 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