Here we go again...
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/breaking_news/12204521.htm
Can you summarize the story, Rob? It appears you need to be a member to access the news.
That's odd, I didn't have to sign in last night at home, but I'm not a member there...
This is a good opportunity to plug a fantastic website:
www.bugmenot.com You just type in the URL of the site that is requesting that you register, and they probably have a log-in name on file that you can use. Comes in very handy when you're not feeling like signing up for every damn thing on the internet...
Anyways:
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Police seek leads on missing pregnant woman
Family says she never would have left first child behind
By LEAH M. ZERBE
zerbel@phillynews.com
LaToyia Figueroa is gone, and it seems without a trace.
The 24-year-old mother-to-be hasn't been seen since Monday, and friends and family said she would never leave her 7-year-old daughter behind like this.
The bright-faced woman is 5 months pregnant with her second child, and those close to her are beginning to fear the worst.
The news that's most discouraging to them came from police.
She hasn't used her cell phone or a credit card since her disappearance, and she's usually very well connected with her family, especially her daughter.
"It's unusual for her to do something like this. She's not the type of person to just disappear," said Joseph Taylor, an uncle. "So far there's nothing that gives me hope from what I'm hearing."
Christine Lewes, the missing woman's childhood friend and West Philadelphia High School classmate, drove to Philadelphia from her Wilmington home to help find Figueroa.
She described the 5-foot-2, 130-pound woman as being very responsible, noting that she never missed work at T.G.I. Friday's on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where she was a waitress.
But this week, Figueroa did not show up.
A Southwest Division detective said last night Figueroa was last seen at 52nd and Market streets.
The pregnant woman had a doctor's appointment at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Monday and police believe she showed up for it.
Police believe that Figueroa and the father of her baby "were working on things" but were not currently together.
The pregnant woman recently moved back to Ithan Street near Spruce with her uncle, Emmanuel Taylor, the man who helped raise her.
She has been living there on and off during the last year, according to police.
"It's not like 'Toyia to just run off. I pray that she's not hurt," said Resheia Robinson, who lives on the other side of the twin home on Ithan Street.
Robinson said the walls are thin and she heard Figueroa yelling and fighting with someone on the phone a few times last week, although she didn't know who it was.
"I'm just shook," Robinson said after only learning of the disappearance yesterday.
Police said they have no suspects or motive, and added that the father of Figueroa's baby is cooperating.
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