1 00:00:00,893 --> 00:00:01,983 [narrator] Ciera Breland 2 00:00:01,985 --> 00:00:06,380 disappeared on February 4, 2022. 3 00:00:06,382 --> 00:00:10,759 Xavier Breland called 911 to report his wife missing. 4 00:00:10,761 --> 00:00:13,053 He was very nervous. 5 00:00:13,472 --> 00:00:15,097 I was afraid for my daughter. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,601 [narrator] Her family is desperate for answers. 7 00:00:20,479 --> 00:00:23,897 We knocked on different doors, all the doors. 8 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:27,067 We were reaching out for anything that we could. 9 00:00:27,069 --> 00:00:30,237 There was a lot of rage, a lot of anger. 10 00:00:30,239 --> 00:00:33,032 [Heather] Something just seemed totally amiss about a mother, 11 00:00:33,108 --> 00:00:35,868 a lawyer, who just disappears 12 00:00:35,870 --> 00:00:38,704 and leaves her five-month-old baby behind. 13 00:00:39,498 --> 00:00:41,248 [narrator] This episode of Disappeared 14 00:00:41,325 --> 00:00:44,710 retraces Ciera's last known steps. 15 00:00:44,787 --> 00:00:47,004 [Eric] According to her phon we knew she had been here 16 00:00:47,006 --> 00:00:49,131 for an extended amount of time. 17 00:00:49,133 --> 00:00:52,009 [Xavier] They brought the do to try to sniff for her, 18 00:00:52,053 --> 00:00:53,460 and find her. 19 00:00:55,139 --> 00:00:56,930 [Kelly] Lots of things go through your mind 20 00:00:56,932 --> 00:01:00,517 when your child goes missing, and you have these thoughts 21 00:01:00,519 --> 00:01:03,020 that there's a specific person responsible. 22 00:01:03,022 --> 00:01:04,454 [sighs grimly] 23 00:01:04,456 --> 00:01:06,648 I feel like we should have seen the signs, you know? 24 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,486 [narrator] The more people who know Ciera's story, 25 00:01:10,488 --> 00:01:13,572 the greater the chance of bringing her home. 26 00:01:13,574 --> 00:01:15,365 Share on social media. 27 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:16,742 Get the word out. 28 00:01:17,328 --> 00:01:18,744 Help find her. 29 00:01:35,888 --> 00:01:37,054 [Kelly] I'm Kelly Locklear. 30 00:01:37,056 --> 00:01:39,139 My daughter is Ciera Breland 31 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:45,145 and she disappeared sometim after February 24, 2022. 32 00:01:50,486 --> 00:01:55,864 Ciera is a bubbly, sweet, tenderhearted girl. 33 00:01:55,941 --> 00:01:57,658 She puts on a tough exterior 34 00:01:57,660 --> 00:01:59,785 because people don't take her seriously 35 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:00,977 and she's in a profession 36 00:02:00,979 --> 00:02:02,746 that she needs to be taken seriously. 37 00:02:03,582 --> 00:02:05,415 Ciera is a young lawyer, 38 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:07,251 and she loved her job. 39 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:11,171 We talked about what she wanted to do. 40 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:13,382 I was a paralegal at the time, 41 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:15,134 and had been for many years, 42 00:02:15,136 --> 00:02:17,302 so she just kind of slid in. 43 00:02:17,304 --> 00:02:19,304 I guess, hearing me talk about work, 44 00:02:19,381 --> 00:02:24,101 and how much I loved my job, she decided to go into law. 45 00:02:24,103 --> 00:02:26,061 She was accepted at Florida law school, 46 00:02:26,063 --> 00:02:27,146 Florida State, 47 00:02:27,148 --> 00:02:29,064 and absolutely loved it. 48 00:02:29,141 --> 00:02:30,557 It just seemed like 49 00:02:30,559 --> 00:02:33,527 she just fell into the groove of life, the 50 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,729 Ciera was voted in 51 00:02:35,731 --> 00:02:39,199 as one of the top 100 lawyer in the country to watch. 52 00:02:39,743 --> 00:02:41,743 She was so proud. 53 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:44,413 I think she felt like all of the hard work 54 00:02:44,415 --> 00:02:46,498 that she had gone through was worth it, 55 00:02:46,917 --> 00:02:48,959 and now life was... 56 00:02:49,712 --> 00:02:51,895 ...beginning. 57 00:02:56,552 --> 00:02:59,928 [Shelby] My name is Shelby Campbell. Ciera Breland is my cousin. 58 00:03:00,890 --> 00:03:03,348 Ciera is five foot tall, 59 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:05,976 4'11" on most days, if we're honest, 60 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:07,519 but based on her personality, 61 00:03:07,521 --> 00:03:09,188 you would think she was eight feet tall. 62 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:12,232 She was dynamite in a tiny, little package, 63 00:03:12,234 --> 00:03:14,026 and she was ready to blow at any time. 64 00:03:14,102 --> 00:03:17,571 She had the world's biggest personality. 65 00:03:17,573 --> 00:03:20,741 She laughed loud, she yelled loud. 66 00:03:20,817 --> 00:03:22,951 She was very vibrant. 67 00:03:23,579 --> 00:03:25,954 In October of 2020, 68 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:29,791 Ciera had joined a couple different dating sites. 69 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:33,003 She met Xavier on Tinder. 70 00:03:33,005 --> 00:03:34,630 She had sent me some picture 71 00:03:34,632 --> 00:03:36,924 She said, "Look at this guy. We matched. 72 00:03:37,042 --> 00:03:38,533 Isn't he so cute?" 73 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:41,428 [Kelly] And she started telling me about him. 74 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:44,681 You could just tell she was bubbling over with love, 75 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:47,559 and I was like, "Oh, God. She's smitten. She's gone." 76 00:03:47,636 --> 00:03:48,936 From that day forward, 77 00:03:48,938 --> 00:03:50,562 it was like they were inseparable. 78 00:03:54,193 --> 00:03:56,318 [Nick] I'm Nick Locklair, 79 00:03:56,395 --> 00:03:58,987 Ciera Locklair Breland's father. 80 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:02,699 Ciera's entire life... she was a daddy's girl. 81 00:04:03,619 --> 00:04:06,495 Ciera never had boyfriends, hardly. 82 00:04:06,571 --> 00:04:08,830 And part of that's my fault. I'll admit it. 83 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:12,542 Her brother was a high school quarterback, 84 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:15,420 and he chased girls, and girls chased him. 85 00:04:15,497 --> 00:04:17,756 When it was her turn, I told her, I said, 86 00:04:17,758 --> 00:04:20,300 "You're five feet tall, and 95 pounds." 87 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:22,135 I said, "I don't worry about your brother 88 00:04:22,137 --> 00:04:23,578 going to a party, 89 00:04:23,655 --> 00:04:25,180 and something happen, and he can't protect himself. 90 00:04:25,257 --> 00:04:26,807 I do, you." 91 00:04:27,476 --> 00:04:29,393 Things changed in law school 92 00:04:29,395 --> 00:04:32,396 so she started hanging out with the crowd a little more 93 00:04:32,398 --> 00:04:34,815 and then she started dating a couple guys. 94 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:36,942 Xavier comes along. 95 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:39,486 Xavier treats her like a queen, 96 00:04:39,488 --> 00:04:42,489 and she said he's romantic, 97 00:04:42,491 --> 00:04:44,116 and he dotes on her, 98 00:04:44,192 --> 00:04:45,993 and tells her how beautiful she is. 99 00:04:46,996 --> 00:04:48,287 [Shelby] He was funny. 100 00:04:48,289 --> 00:04:50,122 He was very sweet to her. 101 00:04:50,198 --> 00:04:52,708 She was just very taken with him. 102 00:04:52,710 --> 00:04:54,126 He was always at her place. 103 00:04:54,202 --> 00:04:57,296 She met his two children very early on. 104 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,299 [Kelly] She told me that he had a couple of children 105 00:05:00,301 --> 00:05:01,550 with his ex, 106 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:03,635 a boy ten years old, 107 00:05:03,712 --> 00:05:05,262 and a daughter that was four. 108 00:05:05,306 --> 00:05:06,696 I didn't have a problem with that. 109 00:05:06,698 --> 00:05:08,015 I thought that was... that was great. 110 00:05:08,091 --> 00:05:09,099 I didn't know how she was gonna 111 00:05:09,101 --> 00:05:10,517 fit that into her schedule, 112 00:05:10,594 --> 00:05:12,352 and how it was all gonna work out, 113 00:05:12,429 --> 00:05:15,647 but she was confident in the relationship. 114 00:05:15,724 --> 00:05:18,191 Ciera and Xavier had no middle ground 115 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:19,401 in their relationship. 116 00:05:19,403 --> 00:05:20,861 It was either really, really good, 117 00:05:20,937 --> 00:05:22,237 or really, really bad, 118 00:05:22,314 --> 00:05:24,156 and based on the minute of the day, 119 00:05:24,158 --> 00:05:26,491 it could be either of those. 120 00:05:29,997 --> 00:05:33,540 In April or May of 2021, I got a text from her 121 00:05:33,617 --> 00:05:34,666 that said, "Hey, 122 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,251 I'm getting married at 4:00 today." 123 00:05:36,253 --> 00:05:40,172 Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they ended up 124 00:05:40,248 --> 00:05:42,424 getting married by a judge via Zoom. 125 00:05:42,426 --> 00:05:44,634 Ciera and Xavier decided to get married 126 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:46,928 because they had found out that they were pregnant. 127 00:05:47,005 --> 00:05:48,972 It was a whirlwind. 128 00:05:49,016 --> 00:05:50,590 Like, it was so fast. 129 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:54,186 [Kelly] Her marrying Xavier was actually a shock. 130 00:05:54,262 --> 00:05:56,355 To find out that she was pregnant 131 00:05:56,390 --> 00:05:57,856 blew me away. 132 00:05:57,858 --> 00:05:59,608 Ciera had told us she was never gonna get married, 133 00:05:59,684 --> 00:06:01,360 and she was never gonna have children. 134 00:06:01,436 --> 00:06:02,361 [Nick] We were like, 135 00:06:02,437 --> 00:06:03,403 "You're really gonna have a baby? 136 00:06:03,405 --> 00:06:04,529 Do you want a baby?" 137 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,114 And she said, "Yeah, I can't wait. 138 00:06:06,116 --> 00:06:08,617 I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that." 139 00:06:08,619 --> 00:06:10,994 She was excited about being married, 140 00:06:10,996 --> 00:06:12,788 and having a family, and, you know, 141 00:06:12,864 --> 00:06:15,582 kind of creating this whole little bubble 142 00:06:15,584 --> 00:06:17,292 that was gonna be her whole world. 143 00:06:18,212 --> 00:06:19,544 [Kelly] Ciera let us know 144 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,505 that they were gonna be moving to Indiana. 145 00:06:21,507 --> 00:06:25,509 That's where Xavier's father, his biological father, lived. 146 00:06:25,511 --> 00:06:29,304 It was a little small town named Carmel in Indiana. 147 00:06:29,381 --> 00:06:32,808 There were little ponds everywhere, with fountains, 148 00:06:32,810 --> 00:06:34,142 and white picket fences. 149 00:06:34,219 --> 00:06:36,103 The place was beautiful. 150 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:41,983 Jackson was born on October the 9th, 2021, and... 151 00:06:41,985 --> 00:06:44,111 Beautiful baby. Perfect. 152 00:06:44,113 --> 00:06:47,781 She was so happy, and Xavier was excited. 153 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:49,241 He went and called his children, 154 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:50,358 and let them know, 155 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,369 and me and her father were there, 156 00:06:52,371 --> 00:06:55,288 so we just spent as much time with the baby as we could. 157 00:06:55,365 --> 00:06:56,489 [Nick] Who you got there, Ciera? 158 00:06:56,491 --> 00:06:59,501 Here's the new favorite grandson. 159 00:06:59,578 --> 00:07:01,878 [Shelby] Ciera absolutely loved being a mom. 160 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,089 She would call and just giggle 161 00:07:04,091 --> 00:07:06,133 about little noises he was making, 162 00:07:06,209 --> 00:07:07,426 or spit bubbles. 163 00:07:07,428 --> 00:07:09,719 I mean, just an absolute gushing mom, 164 00:07:09,721 --> 00:07:12,097 and she loved everything that that child did. 165 00:07:16,437 --> 00:07:18,186 [Kelly] On February the 19th 166 00:07:18,188 --> 00:07:20,063 Ciera and Xavier drove down from Indiana, 167 00:07:20,065 --> 00:07:22,107 and went to his mother's house, 168 00:07:22,184 --> 00:07:23,799 in Johns Creek, in Georgia. 169 00:07:23,801 --> 00:07:26,445 It's about 45 minutes, an hour away from our house 170 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:27,837 She was gonna stay a couple of days, 171 00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:29,406 and let his mom see the baby, and visit, 172 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:30,699 'cause she hadn't seen him 173 00:07:30,775 --> 00:07:32,701 but one time since he was born. 174 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,913 [Nick] I last received a text from Ciera 175 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:39,583 on Wednesday, February 23rd, 176 00:07:39,585 --> 00:07:42,419 saying that she was not feeling well. 177 00:07:42,421 --> 00:07:44,754 Wednesday I sent her a text and said, 178 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,923 "What are you doing? What's going on?" 179 00:07:46,925 --> 00:07:49,301 And she sent back, said she'd been sick, 180 00:07:49,303 --> 00:07:52,304 really sick, but she was feeling a little bit better 181 00:07:52,306 --> 00:07:54,055 We haven't heard from her since. 182 00:07:56,185 --> 00:07:59,895 On Friday the 25th of February, 2022, 183 00:07:59,897 --> 00:08:05,484 I called Ciera, and I got no response. 184 00:08:05,486 --> 00:08:09,237 I was like, "Okay, she's jus got something going on. 185 00:08:09,314 --> 00:08:10,280 She'll call me back." 186 00:08:10,324 --> 00:08:11,698 It was just radio silence, 187 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,618 which was extremely unlike her. 188 00:08:18,874 --> 00:08:21,833 [Kelly] On Saturday night, around 11:00, 189 00:08:21,835 --> 00:08:24,461 the 26th of February, we received a call 190 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:27,255 from Indiana, which was surprising. 191 00:08:27,257 --> 00:08:28,823 [cell phone ringing] 192 00:08:28,825 --> 00:08:30,300 And we were just sitting at the house, watching TV, 193 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:33,512 and Nick said, "Indiana?" 194 00:08:33,588 --> 00:08:35,639 And he picked up the phone. 195 00:08:35,641 --> 00:08:37,641 [Nick] We thought Ciera was in Georgia, 196 00:08:37,643 --> 00:08:39,100 at Xavier's mother's house. 197 00:08:40,521 --> 00:08:43,396 [Kelly] It was the Carmel P in Indiana, 198 00:08:43,473 --> 00:08:47,234 and they wanted to speak with Ciera Locklair's father, Nick. 199 00:08:47,236 --> 00:08:48,985 He told them that that was him, 200 00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:50,987 and at this point, I could tell 201 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:52,030 something was wrong. 202 00:08:53,784 --> 00:08:55,283 [Nick] Then, he said, 203 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,494 "Your daughter has been reported missing." 204 00:08:58,247 --> 00:08:59,621 [sniffles] 205 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:02,040 [sobbing] 206 00:09:03,001 --> 00:09:07,712 And that was the first time we heard about it. 207 00:09:22,646 --> 00:09:24,062 [Eric] I am Eric Rozier. 208 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:25,939 I'm a detective with the Johns Creek PD, 209 00:09:26,016 --> 00:09:27,482 and I'm investigating the disappearance 210 00:09:27,484 --> 00:09:28,733 of Ciera Breland. 211 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,318 [telephone ringing] 212 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:32,862 [dispatcher] 911 emergency. 213 00:09:32,864 --> 00:09:35,282 [Rozier] On Saturday, February the 26th, 214 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:39,995 Xavier reports his wife, Ciera, missing to Carmel police department. 215 00:09:39,997 --> 00:09:42,664 You could hear a concerned husband. 216 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:45,500 He was a little frantic, asking the dispatcher, 217 00:09:45,577 --> 00:09:50,630 you know, "What should I do? Um, can you send the police to my home?" 218 00:09:50,707 --> 00:09:54,050 Xavier was very concerned about his wife's disappearance. 219 00:09:54,052 --> 00:09:56,678 He paced around his home. 220 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:00,932 He was very nervous as most people would be. 221 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,726 He advised police officers 222 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:06,813 that she went missing the previous night after an argument. 223 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:10,442 Ciera had run out of Adderall prescription medication, 224 00:10:10,518 --> 00:10:12,569 and wanted to use his. 225 00:10:12,571 --> 00:10:15,405 After he refused to give it to her, she became angry, 226 00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:19,451 and said that she was just gonna leave. 227 00:10:19,453 --> 00:10:25,707 Carmel police department did not find any signs of any kind of damaged property, 228 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:29,419 signs of an injury, or signs of a physical altercation in the home. 229 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:41,014 On Saturday the 26th of February in 2022... 230 00:10:41,016 --> 00:10:44,809 ...I was in bed, it was later. 231 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:47,887 [phone ringing] 232 00:10:47,889 --> 00:10:51,232 [Shelby] My phone started ringing, and it said Carmel, Indiana 233 00:10:51,234 --> 00:10:53,318 And it was an investigator calling. 234 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,696 She said, "Are you related to Ciera Locklair Breland?" 235 00:10:56,698 --> 00:11:00,200 And I said, "Yes, ma'am, I am. I'm her cousin." 236 00:11:00,202 --> 00:11:04,496 She said, "Well, I was told we needed to call you because she's missing." 237 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,375 I asked her who had their... their son. 238 00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:13,588 And she said that he, and the dog, were with Xavier. 239 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:17,509 And that she had left her phone, and her wallet, 240 00:11:17,511 --> 00:11:22,263 and her car keys to both cars, and everything with Xavier. 241 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:24,015 And she was missing. 242 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:27,268 He said that she had walked off about 11:00 P.M. Friday night. 243 00:11:27,345 --> 00:11:32,399 I thought that's very strang because on Monday I had talked to her. 244 00:11:32,401 --> 00:11:37,237 I thought she was in Georgia, because that was the last place I had talked to her. 245 00:11:37,239 --> 00:11:39,656 She was giggly. 246 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,117 She was just her normal self. 247 00:11:42,119 --> 00:11:43,868 I was concerned. 248 00:11:43,945 --> 00:11:45,912 Ended up staying up all nigh 249 00:11:50,502 --> 00:11:53,294 My name is Heather Lawton and I'm a crime writer. 250 00:11:53,371 --> 00:11:56,840 I wrote about Ciera Breland for the Inquisitr. 251 00:11:56,842 --> 00:11:59,300 After researching Ciera's story, 252 00:11:59,302 --> 00:12:01,094 I just knew I had to get involved in it. 253 00:12:01,171 --> 00:12:03,763 Because something just seemed totally amiss 254 00:12:03,882 --> 00:12:07,142 about a mother, a lawyer, who just disappears 255 00:12:07,144 --> 00:12:10,103 and leaves her five-month-ol baby behind. 256 00:12:13,108 --> 00:12:15,817 So Xavier tells the police that the day before 257 00:12:15,894 --> 00:12:20,113 they just got back home to Indiana from visiting family in Georgia. 258 00:12:20,231 --> 00:12:21,865 And they had an argument. 259 00:12:21,867 --> 00:12:24,951 [Eric] Xavier explained that during arguments, 260 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:28,705 it was common for her to go next door to his father's home. 261 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:34,127 He wanted to give Ciera a chance to cool off... 262 00:12:34,129 --> 00:12:36,504 ...so he didn't immediately go and look for her. 263 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:39,841 Police officers made contac with Xavier's father, 264 00:12:39,843 --> 00:12:43,011 asked him specific questions about "Have you seen Ciera? 265 00:12:43,013 --> 00:12:44,846 Did you see her come to your home last night 266 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:46,765 after an argument with her husband?" 267 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:48,892 And Xavier Sr. and his wife 268 00:12:48,894 --> 00:12:53,271 both advised that they did not see Ciera that previous 24 hours. 269 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:56,691 They had no knowledge about her whereabouts. 270 00:12:56,768 --> 00:12:59,652 I can say that Xavier Sr. was extremely cooperative 271 00:12:59,654 --> 00:13:02,030 as far as helping police officers. 272 00:13:03,825 --> 00:13:07,327 Xavier's father gave the police some surveillance footage 273 00:13:07,329 --> 00:13:09,829 that he had from his camera 'cause he lives next door. 274 00:13:09,831 --> 00:13:12,791 And the police reviewed the surveillance footage 275 00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:16,044 from that night to see which way she walked. 276 00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:19,005 They never saw her pass the security cameras. 277 00:13:21,635 --> 00:13:23,468 [Heather Lawton] Xavier's telling the police 278 00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:27,514 they had an argument about some prescription medication. 279 00:13:27,516 --> 00:13:30,225 And he thinks that she may have gone to the pharmacy 280 00:13:30,301 --> 00:13:33,937 which is only a half mile away from the Breland home. 281 00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:36,815 The Carmel Indiana police go to the pharmacy, 282 00:13:36,891 --> 00:13:41,027 and the pharmacy hands over the surveillance video immediately. 283 00:13:41,104 --> 00:13:42,737 [Eric] They were able to review this footage 284 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:44,489 from the surveillance video cameras. 285 00:13:44,566 --> 00:13:47,534 And they did not find any signs of Ciera. 286 00:13:47,610 --> 00:13:51,287 And then they went not only throughout their neighborhood 287 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:54,415 to walk door to door to check with neighbors, 288 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:57,252 they also went to the nearb businesses and stores 289 00:13:57,254 --> 00:14:00,213 to see if there was any surveillance video cameras. 290 00:14:00,290 --> 00:14:04,425 Carmel police department was unable to obtain any surveillance video 291 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:07,720 that showed, um, Ciera walking anywhere in Indiana. 292 00:14:12,811 --> 00:14:14,811 [police siren] 293 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:16,437 [Heather] So it's three days later, 294 00:14:16,439 --> 00:14:18,565 and there's absolutely no sign of Ciera. 295 00:14:18,641 --> 00:14:21,317 So now the police are increasing their search 296 00:14:21,319 --> 00:14:23,111 and they've brought in the K9 unit 297 00:14:23,113 --> 00:14:25,572 to see if the dogs can pick up a scent. 298 00:14:25,648 --> 00:14:27,773 [Eric] Their sense of smell is extremely sensitive, 299 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:32,912 it gives the police officers a lead as far as to places to go look for this person. 300 00:14:34,082 --> 00:14:36,023 [Nick] They had 'em sniff the cars. 301 00:14:36,025 --> 00:14:40,044 Particularly the Volkswagen Tiguan that they had driven to Georgia. 302 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,630 They had them sniff the whole house, the neighborhood. 303 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:51,264 The police that went up there told me, "Our dogs, which are very good... 304 00:14:52,142 --> 00:14:53,600 ...aren't picking up any scent." 305 00:14:53,602 --> 00:14:55,852 Nothing, period, so... 306 00:14:55,854 --> 00:14:57,937 He said "Somebody's cleaned the car." 307 00:14:57,939 --> 00:15:01,941 You know, if she rode up 10 hours here in that car, that dog woulda knew it. 308 00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:06,905 [police sirens] 309 00:15:08,158 --> 00:15:09,949 [Heather] So the Carmel Indiana investigators 310 00:15:09,951 --> 00:15:12,035 they can't find Ciera anywhere. 311 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:14,871 They haven't seen her on any surveillance video. 312 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:16,331 The neighbors haven't seen her. 313 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:18,249 The dogs can't pick up a scent. 314 00:15:18,326 --> 00:15:23,129 So now they reach out to the John's Creek police department in Georgia. 315 00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:27,467 On Sunday, we sent a couple of detectives to her father's home. 316 00:15:27,469 --> 00:15:30,929 [Nick] They came to our hous unexpected, in the morning when we were asleep. 317 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,097 And it kind of scared me. 318 00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:35,516 First thing I thought was they're coming to give us bad news. 319 00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:39,812 They talked awhile, asked questions, 320 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,814 and then they said, "Do you mind if we look around the house?" 321 00:15:41,891 --> 00:15:44,359 I said, "Well, you're welcome to look at anything, and do anything, 322 00:15:44,435 --> 00:15:45,851 I wanna do anything I can." 323 00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:48,613 [Eric] We had an interview with her parent 324 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,448 They were able to give us details, 325 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:54,410 and answer questions about Ciera's life, about her job, 326 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:57,580 about what was going on in her personal relationship. 327 00:15:57,582 --> 00:15:59,999 And, um, thoughts that they may have 328 00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:02,418 in regards to where Ciera is at now. 329 00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:07,590 [Heather] Ciera's parents are now telling the police 330 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:13,179 everything they know about Xavier's past, including a disturbing detail. 331 00:16:13,256 --> 00:16:15,431 [Nick] It was Christmas, Ciera and Xavier came to the house, 332 00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:17,767 and they looked very haggard 333 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:21,145 And I said, "What is going on here? 334 00:16:21,147 --> 00:16:23,773 Y'all look like y'all haven't been to bed in weeks." 335 00:16:23,775 --> 00:16:26,275 And Ciera said, "There's some people chasing us." 336 00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:29,529 She said, "Dad, I'm serious this is a serious situation. 337 00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:33,908 [Kelly] Xavier believed that his ex-wife was dating 338 00:16:33,985 --> 00:16:36,828 a guy who had ties to a cartel. 339 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:40,498 And with that is involved with sex trafficking, drugs, 340 00:16:40,575 --> 00:16:42,441 all the things that that brings. 341 00:16:42,443 --> 00:16:46,295 She was like, "Wow, these are really, you know, kinda scary things." 342 00:16:46,297 --> 00:16:48,423 Ciera started fearing for her life. 343 00:16:48,425 --> 00:16:50,550 She had lost weight. 344 00:16:50,552 --> 00:16:54,637 Um, I... I didn't even recognize her. 345 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:56,180 She just looked like she hadn't slept. 346 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:58,182 This was not my Ciera. 347 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,259 This just didn't look like my daughter. 348 00:17:00,261 --> 00:17:03,980 [Nick] They stayed with us for some hours and visited a little bit. 349 00:17:03,982 --> 00:17:05,857 And then they left to a hote 350 00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:07,859 and kind of laid low. 351 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:12,697 [Shelby] As a lawyer she could search names and businesses. 352 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:15,450 She said that the ex had multiple businesses 353 00:17:15,452 --> 00:17:19,203 that were registered to her, under variations of her name, 354 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:21,831 and she said that was really sketchy. 355 00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:25,192 This is what she had told me 356 00:17:25,194 --> 00:17:30,339 She ended up getting in contact with the FBI about her suspicions. 357 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:35,595 And they had told her that there was a human trafficking ring going on, 358 00:17:35,597 --> 00:17:38,097 and that they were looking into it, 359 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:41,559 and she needed to be very careful about what she was doing. 360 00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:46,606 We were concerned about the cartel aspect. 361 00:17:46,682 --> 00:17:49,776 Is there a possibility that somebody's, like, grabbed her? 362 00:17:49,852 --> 00:17:52,361 [Nick] At the time, you know, I didn't really believe it. 363 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,908 After she went missing, I was worried then, you know. 364 00:17:56,984 --> 00:17:58,242 What if it was real? 365 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,630 [Eric] We have to accept all theories 366 00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:14,842 which would help provide an answer as to Ciera Breland's disappearance. 367 00:18:14,844 --> 00:18:18,221 We have to thoroughly review this and try to determine 368 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:23,851 who or what or why, would a cartel or a dangerous group or anybody 369 00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:25,311 be looking for them. 370 00:18:25,313 --> 00:18:26,938 We looked into this theory, 371 00:18:27,014 --> 00:18:29,148 and we were unable to find any specific answers, 372 00:18:29,225 --> 00:18:33,528 or unable to develop any lead relating this dangerous group 373 00:18:33,530 --> 00:18:36,405 being the reason as to Ciera's disappearance. 374 00:18:38,201 --> 00:18:40,076 [Kelly] I was afraid for my daughter. 375 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,537 I just wasn't sure that it was the cartel 376 00:18:42,539 --> 00:18:46,082 that we should be afraid of to be perfectly honest. 377 00:18:46,084 --> 00:18:48,960 I was worried that Xavier was really manipulating her. 378 00:18:49,036 --> 00:18:51,879 Keeping her in a paranoid and afraid state, 379 00:18:51,956 --> 00:18:55,508 for his own manipulative purposes. 380 00:18:55,585 --> 00:18:59,387 It's my belief that Xavier was playing mind games with my daughter. 381 00:18:59,463 --> 00:19:03,015 He decided to scare her to keep her with him. 382 00:19:03,017 --> 00:19:06,310 And that was very much a part of that relationship. 383 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:19,407 Four to five months into Ciera and Xavier's relationship, 384 00:19:19,409 --> 00:19:23,744 she starts seeing a lot more of his negative behaviors. 385 00:19:23,746 --> 00:19:26,372 He is going through her phone. 386 00:19:26,374 --> 00:19:29,625 He is yelling at her a good bit. 387 00:19:29,627 --> 00:19:33,004 And it would be the smalles things that would set them off, 388 00:19:33,006 --> 00:19:36,007 and then it would just blow up. 389 00:19:36,801 --> 00:19:38,342 She backed down really quickly, 390 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:40,219 which I was very surprised about. 391 00:19:40,296 --> 00:19:43,097 Because Ciera doesn't back down, she never has. 392 00:19:43,174 --> 00:19:47,727 I think she was just very taken with him in the beginning. 393 00:19:51,774 --> 00:19:54,609 I knew that they had had a tumultuous relationship. 394 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,944 Ciera's very headstrong. 395 00:19:56,946 --> 00:20:00,031 She was an independent women before this. 396 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:03,993 Xavier started to keep her from everyone else. 397 00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:07,622 Started to make her depend solely on him. 398 00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:10,666 I think money became an issu 399 00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:13,544 Xavier wasn't working, and he hadn't worked for awhile. 400 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,505 And I think that him being there with her, 401 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:20,176 while she worked at home was becoming an issue. 402 00:20:20,178 --> 00:20:25,181 She felt very overwhelmed with his presence at all times. 403 00:20:25,183 --> 00:20:29,060 Xavier became verbally abusi with Ciera. 404 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:32,146 He became paranoid about ex-boyfriends, 405 00:20:32,223 --> 00:20:37,276 and then started insinuating that maybe the pregnancy was not his. 406 00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:38,819 And I just saw a pattern. 407 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:41,572 There's a general paranoia here. 408 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,157 That's what was going on in the beginning, 409 00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:44,700 that's what we're seein' now. 410 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:47,328 Things intensified. 411 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:49,538 It just seemed like a kettle boiling, 412 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:52,833 and it was gonna go any time 413 00:20:52,910 --> 00:20:57,797 Obviously, this was not happy moments for me and her father. 414 00:20:57,873 --> 00:20:59,882 [Shelby] We had been talkin the previous weekend, 415 00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:03,552 you know, that Saturday and Sunday, and it... it wasn't positive. 416 00:21:03,554 --> 00:21:06,889 And the week before it wasn't positive over text 417 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:09,016 [Kelly] We were horrified that our daughter 418 00:21:09,093 --> 00:21:10,935 was having to go through something like this. 419 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:12,419 It was going too far. 420 00:21:12,421 --> 00:21:15,106 It was becoming really a dangerous situation. 421 00:21:16,985 --> 00:21:20,236 I encouraged her, and her father encouraged he to come home. 422 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:22,697 We just wanted her to be out of the situation.. 423 00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:26,450 ...but Ciera was 31 years ol 424 00:21:26,527 --> 00:21:30,579 I trusted her to know what to do. 425 00:21:30,581 --> 00:21:32,439 She said... 426 00:21:32,441 --> 00:21:35,543 ..."'Kay, we've worked through it, it's gonna be okay." 427 00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:39,588 She would say, "Well, you just... you don't like him." 428 00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:42,008 I said, "I don't dislike him as a person, 429 00:21:42,084 --> 00:21:44,135 because I don't really even know the man." 430 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:47,305 But, I said, "I don't like the fact that y'all been married a year, 431 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:50,266 and all I see is bad things out of him." 432 00:21:50,268 --> 00:21:53,102 She would say, "Dad, when you're married, when you love somebody, 433 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:55,062 they have shortcomings, you have shortcomings. 434 00:21:55,064 --> 00:21:58,649 You just gotta learn to get along and work things out. 435 00:21:58,726 --> 00:22:02,903 [Heather] According to the family, Xavier and Ciera's arguments... 436 00:22:02,980 --> 00:22:05,031 ...start out as verbal... 437 00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:07,158 ...and escalate to physical fights. 438 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:10,828 In my opinion, it's battered women syndrome 439 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,831 There's sort of, like, a game that's being played. 440 00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:16,250 He's wonderful in the beginning. 441 00:22:16,327 --> 00:22:19,628 He's the person that she can depend on the most. 442 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:22,631 And then, at times, he can be abusive. 443 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:25,259 He can be charming sometimes, 444 00:22:25,261 --> 00:22:27,845 and that's how they suck their victims in. 445 00:22:28,765 --> 00:22:32,433 Around the summer of 2021... 446 00:22:33,061 --> 00:22:35,019 ...Ciera sent me a couple of texts 447 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:38,272 with some pictures of where, I believe, Xavier had slapped her... 448 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:42,693 ...and asked me to save those for her in... in case she needed those. 449 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:47,948 I was like, "Ciera, a man that's physical, will always be physical. 450 00:22:48,326 --> 00:22:49,700 That's just a fact." 451 00:22:49,777 --> 00:22:51,202 And she would get mad at me. 452 00:22:51,204 --> 00:22:53,746 She was like, "96% of the time, it's good." 453 00:22:53,748 --> 00:22:55,456 And I said... 454 00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:59,293 "It's not 96% of the time because you call me every week." 455 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:02,296 [Heather] Ciera did try to keep a great deal from her parents, 456 00:23:02,298 --> 00:23:04,757 So it isn't until Ciera goes missing, 457 00:23:04,834 --> 00:23:07,176 and the police start asking questions, 458 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:10,513 that her parents learn the true extent 459 00:23:10,556 --> 00:23:14,558 of the violence that was going on between Ciera and Xavier. 460 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:20,106 She had told me that she couldn't leave Xavier 461 00:23:20,108 --> 00:23:25,528 because she couldn't imagine letting Jackson go with Xavier. 462 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:29,740 She was very concerned that she was going to have to share custody. 463 00:23:29,817 --> 00:23:33,536 She had just decided that she was just going to stick by him 464 00:23:33,538 --> 00:23:35,729 until she could get away. 465 00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:42,128 Ciera had made a plan to put some of her money into a secret account, 466 00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:44,755 and that she was going to move back home, 467 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:47,508 and she was probably going to stay with her parents for a little while. 468 00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:50,136 [Kelly] She had decided that she was done. 469 00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:52,805 She wanted to come home permanently. 470 00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:55,391 I think she was waiting for a moment when things were calm. 471 00:23:59,021 --> 00:24:02,898 [Heather] Ciera's family last heard from her on February 23rd, 472 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:06,777 when she was visiting Xavier's mother in Johns Creek, Georgia. 473 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:09,780 She texted to her family that she was sick, 474 00:24:09,857 --> 00:24:12,408 but aside from that everything seemed fine. 475 00:24:14,704 --> 00:24:16,245 [Eric] On Monday, February the 28th, 476 00:24:16,247 --> 00:24:19,373 we go to Xavier's mother's house. 477 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:21,250 Responding officers walk through the home, 478 00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:23,185 they walked across the property 479 00:24:23,187 --> 00:24:25,463 and they did not observe anything obviously suspicious, 480 00:24:25,539 --> 00:24:28,841 or signs that there was some sort of altercation or that she was even there. 481 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:33,179 This is not walking through the house with a fine toothed comb 482 00:24:33,181 --> 00:24:35,973 to determine if there's any evidence. 483 00:24:36,050 --> 00:24:38,559 It's basically just a generic walkthrough. 484 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:46,817 [Shelby] The next few days after Ciera went missing 485 00:24:46,894 --> 00:24:49,445 was really just a really bad waiting game. 486 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:53,616 We're all communicating but there's not much that the police can tell us 487 00:24:53,618 --> 00:24:56,243 We're all kind of waiting with bated breath 488 00:24:56,245 --> 00:24:58,871 to see if she's gonna call one of us. 489 00:24:58,948 --> 00:25:03,459 We got together and we canvased some neighborhoods. 490 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:08,506 Ciera Breland's family is flooding this Johns Creek area with flyers like this, 491 00:25:08,508 --> 00:25:11,550 as well as electronic and digital signing. 492 00:25:11,627 --> 00:25:14,929 They are hoping that somebody saw something that can help. 493 00:25:16,224 --> 00:25:18,682 [Shelby] This is Xavier's mother's home. 494 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:22,311 Ciera and Xavier stayed here with their son. 495 00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:24,813 They visited quite a few times. 496 00:25:24,815 --> 00:25:27,483 We knocked on different doors. 497 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:28,508 All the doors. 498 00:25:28,510 --> 00:25:30,569 And we just passed out flyer 499 00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:33,030 If people were to answer, 500 00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:35,324 we would just ask them if they had seen her 501 00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:38,869 or seen anything that might have been conspicuous 502 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:41,288 during the time that she was staying here. 503 00:25:41,365 --> 00:25:43,624 If they didn't answer we just left them a flyer 504 00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:45,292 and moved onto the next property. 505 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:50,422 We were able to make contact with a resident 506 00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:53,425 who had video footage from her doorbell camera 507 00:25:53,502 --> 00:25:57,263 that shows Ciera Breland's vehicle passing through her neighborhood. 508 00:25:57,265 --> 00:26:00,182 But we were unable to get anything definitive 509 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:02,810 in regards to where Ciera may have been. 510 00:26:05,356 --> 00:26:07,398 Well, we know who was driving. 511 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,025 Um, but you really can't tell from that video. 512 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:11,310 But we know who's driving. 513 00:26:11,312 --> 00:26:14,738 You can see somebody in the vehicle, right? 514 00:26:14,815 --> 00:26:16,532 And their dog is in the passenger seat. 515 00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:19,802 The reason I can't say anything about it 516 00:26:19,804 --> 00:26:24,707 is because when we are finally in court, and we're able to present this, 517 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:29,336 the whole case, because we have not found Ciera so far, is circumstantial. 518 00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:30,504 It's sad, because... 519 00:26:31,674 --> 00:26:33,165 ...in a circumstantial case, 520 00:26:33,167 --> 00:26:35,801 you're not going to have a definitive crime scene. 521 00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:38,929 You do not have blood splattered all over the place. 522 00:26:39,006 --> 00:26:41,682 You do not have evidence of violence, necessarily. 523 00:26:42,435 --> 00:26:44,268 What you have is a history. 524 00:26:44,345 --> 00:26:48,897 What you have is, um, small nuggets here and there. 525 00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,983 What we do as police detectives, 526 00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:52,526 is we present all the evidence, 527 00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:54,320 all the information that we have collected. 528 00:26:54,396 --> 00:26:59,033 And we allow for the jurors to come to a conclusion 529 00:26:59,035 --> 00:27:01,827 about what they believe. 530 00:27:02,413 --> 00:27:04,246 And, um, we're still investigating, 531 00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:05,414 we're still working on the case, 532 00:27:05,416 --> 00:27:07,666 hopefully to provide answers. 533 00:27:07,668 --> 00:27:10,294 But right now it's still active. 534 00:27:15,217 --> 00:27:16,925 [Shelby] While we were looki for Ciera, 535 00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:19,678 we were exploring a couple different avenues 536 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,723 of information that we might gain. 537 00:27:22,725 --> 00:27:25,392 Ciera had a dog whose name was Baker. 538 00:27:25,394 --> 00:27:28,687 He is her first absolute baby. 539 00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:31,440 There was no Ciera without Baker 540 00:27:31,442 --> 00:27:35,027 We decided to look into Baker's microchip. 541 00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:38,864 One of the employees of the microchipping company 542 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:42,201 was able to give us, initially, a location 543 00:27:42,203 --> 00:27:44,828 of Baker's last microchip scan, 544 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:48,415 which was about half way between Georgia and Indiana 545 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:54,046 We see that it is a small to in Kentucky. 546 00:27:54,048 --> 00:28:00,552 It is registering too right outside of a bar that they may have stopped a 547 00:28:00,554 --> 00:28:03,972 So we're getting a little bit more hopeful, 548 00:28:03,974 --> 00:28:07,559 at least feeling like we're closer to an answer. 549 00:28:31,544 --> 00:28:36,588 [Shelby] The next day, we were contacted by the own of the microchip company, 550 00:28:36,590 --> 00:28:41,343 who was able to give us a little bit more information into Baker's microchipping. 551 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:45,305 And we did discover that his last scan 552 00:28:45,307 --> 00:28:49,977 was from about a year previous to their trip down to Georgia. 553 00:28:50,053 --> 00:28:53,105 So we had all gotten our hopes up a little highe 554 00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:56,024 than we probably should hav for a dog's microchip. 555 00:28:56,610 --> 00:28:58,360 We don't know where Ciera is. 556 00:28:58,362 --> 00:29:02,865 So we were just reaching out for anything that we could. 557 00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:10,497 [Eric] The FBI was able to assist us. 558 00:29:10,499 --> 00:29:14,376 They were able to put togeth a nationwide bulletin. 559 00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:20,466 And offer a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to Ciera's disappearance. 560 00:29:20,468 --> 00:29:21,759 [phone ringing] 561 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:25,262 I received a call from a tipster who reported 562 00:29:25,339 --> 00:29:28,307 she believed she saw Ciera at a local Target. 563 00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:30,893 She explained that there was a woman 564 00:29:30,895 --> 00:29:32,853 who matched Ciera's description 565 00:29:32,930 --> 00:29:35,230 in the parking lot begging for money. 566 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,859 We immediately sent a detective to that Target 567 00:29:38,936 --> 00:29:40,736 to review the surveillance video. 568 00:29:40,738 --> 00:29:44,198 And as it turns out that was not Ciera. 569 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,327 We received another tip from a woman who was at a casino 570 00:29:48,329 --> 00:29:51,205 she believed that she saw, um, a woman 571 00:29:51,281 --> 00:29:55,501 matching Ciera's description arguing with another male. 572 00:29:56,712 --> 00:30:00,464 We reached out to the law enforcement agencie in that area 573 00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:01,799 to review the surveillance video, 574 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,259 and as it turns out we didn't find any evidence 575 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:07,304 to show that that person was indeed Ciera. 576 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:13,560 [Heather] Carmel and Johns Creek Police Department 577 00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:16,104 subpoenaed Ciera's cell phone records. 578 00:30:16,106 --> 00:30:19,775 So the data indicates that Ciera was at the Chattahoochee River 579 00:30:19,777 --> 00:30:23,529 a mile from Xavier's mother's house. 580 00:30:28,035 --> 00:30:31,662 [Eric] On Tuesday, March 1st, 2022, 581 00:30:31,664 --> 00:30:34,164 we're able to conduct and start an extensive search 582 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,750 for Ciera in the Chattahoochee River. 583 00:30:42,424 --> 00:30:44,299 According to her phone, we knew she had been here 584 00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:46,510 for an extended amount of time. 585 00:30:46,512 --> 00:30:50,430 We had a coordinated effort between the fire department who brought boats, 586 00:30:50,432 --> 00:30:54,268 we also had cadaver dogs who assisted us. 587 00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:58,063 We had helicopters and drone that were able to look down into the river from the sky 588 00:30:58,065 --> 00:31:00,691 We wanna make sure that we look for any clues 589 00:31:00,767 --> 00:31:04,194 as to a missing body of some sort. 590 00:31:05,072 --> 00:31:07,281 [Kelly] As they searched the Chattahoochee 591 00:31:07,283 --> 00:31:09,658 all these things are going through my head, 592 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:11,243 "Are the police gonna be able to find her?" 593 00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:14,413 And our minds were just... 594 00:31:15,165 --> 00:31:16,290 all over the place. 595 00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:19,418 Just praying, hoping she's alive. 596 00:31:21,213 --> 00:31:23,797 [Eric] But we were unable to find any specific answers 597 00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:26,466 in regards to Ciera's disappearance. 598 00:31:26,468 --> 00:31:28,594 And then, we obtained surveillance vid 599 00:31:28,596 --> 00:31:33,849 that placed Ciera at Xavier's mother's home. 600 00:31:33,851 --> 00:31:35,559 [Heather] So this new surveillance video 601 00:31:35,561 --> 00:31:37,769 is kind of like a game chang in the case. 602 00:31:37,846 --> 00:31:41,273 Now it puts the spotlight even more on Xavier. 603 00:31:41,275 --> 00:31:43,483 That video would show Ciera Breland 604 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,614 at Xavier's mother's home on Wednesday, 23rd at 7:17. 605 00:31:49,366 --> 00:31:52,659 Ciera is last seen in the doorway, 606 00:31:52,736 --> 00:31:55,454 she's just casually standin in the doorway. 607 00:31:55,456 --> 00:31:58,165 We are checking for mannerisms, 608 00:31:58,167 --> 00:32:01,501 expression, emotion, to see her demeanor. 609 00:32:01,578 --> 00:32:04,212 But there's nothing specific about the video that would allow us 610 00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,632 to draw a conclusion as to how she is feeling, 611 00:32:06,708 --> 00:32:09,843 or any impending danger that she may be in. 612 00:32:09,845 --> 00:32:11,577 Police now confirms 613 00:32:11,655 --> 00:32:14,181 Ciera Breland was last seen in this home here in Johns Creek, 614 00:32:14,216 --> 00:32:16,357 this is her mother-in-law's house. 615 00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:22,397 Fox 5 went to that house, we were told the mother-in-l was not home. 616 00:32:22,432 --> 00:32:26,777 Johns Creek Police Department executed a search warrant at Xavier's mother's home. 617 00:32:26,853 --> 00:32:31,114 We were looking for maybe signs of blood, signs of a struggle. 618 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:35,077 We brought cadaver dogs to help smell for Ciera, 619 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,288 the dogs were unable to find a definitive scent. 620 00:32:38,365 --> 00:32:41,458 We were looking for just anything 621 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:46,505 that would help us to fill in the gaps as far as when Ciera was last seen 622 00:32:46,507 --> 00:32:48,548 and where Ciera is right now. 623 00:32:48,625 --> 00:32:52,052 We were able to collect evidence from Xavier's mother's home 624 00:32:52,054 --> 00:32:54,930 however, I cannot go into the details 625 00:32:54,932 --> 00:32:57,015 because this is an active investigation. 626 00:33:00,187 --> 00:33:02,145 The next steps of the investigation, 627 00:33:02,222 --> 00:33:07,109 would include us looking into the actual route that Xavier took 628 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,987 from Johns Creek, Georgia to Carmel, Indiana. 629 00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:13,782 We need to tell the tale of what may have happened to Ciera 630 00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:16,284 from the time she's last seen in Johns Creek 631 00:33:16,286 --> 00:33:19,454 to the time she's reported missing by her husband in Indiana. 632 00:33:22,251 --> 00:33:25,085 Part of the review of Xavier's trip 633 00:33:25,162 --> 00:33:27,713 from Johns Creek, Georgia to Indiana, 634 00:33:27,789 --> 00:33:30,340 is obtaining surveillance footage 635 00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,926 from places that he stopped during the trip. 636 00:33:34,096 --> 00:33:37,097 We were able to obtain and review the surveillance video 637 00:33:37,099 --> 00:33:43,562 which shows Xavier but does not show Ciera. 638 00:33:43,564 --> 00:33:46,690 [Nick] They saw Xavier get o and go to the bathroom, 639 00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:48,525 get out and pump gas, 640 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:51,695 but they never saw anybody else get out. 641 00:33:51,772 --> 00:33:54,656 They didn't see him walk the dog or change the baby, 642 00:33:54,658 --> 00:33:56,608 or feed the baby, nothing. 643 00:33:56,610 --> 00:34:02,330 Just he got out, pumped gas, went inside, came back out, and drove away. 644 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:12,966 I find it odd that she wasn't in any video from any gas station. 645 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:16,511 Ciera has a very bad Diet Dr. Pepper habit. 646 00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:19,347 And she cannot go without on 647 00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:22,434 she will show up at your hou and bring her own 12 pack. 648 00:34:22,436 --> 00:34:26,229 So I can't see her just doing a, 649 00:34:27,274 --> 00:34:29,024 I think from Johns Creek it's... 650 00:34:30,027 --> 00:34:31,793 11 hour drive, 651 00:34:31,795 --> 00:34:35,864 without being somewhere out getting her drink and her ice. 652 00:34:38,952 --> 00:34:42,788 [Kelly] One of the police officers said that he was deeply concerned 653 00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:47,501 because between Knoxville and I think he said Ohio 654 00:34:47,503 --> 00:34:51,254 there is some pretty steep cliffs and bluffs, 655 00:34:51,331 --> 00:34:55,842 and a lot of times when somebody wants to do their dirty deeds 656 00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:59,721 they'll take someone to the bluffs and throw the off the cliffs. 657 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,350 I don't... Sorry. 658 00:35:04,228 --> 00:35:05,310 [crying] 659 00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:09,397 I'm sorry. 660 00:35:09,399 --> 00:35:11,516 I just keep thinking about 661 00:35:11,518 --> 00:35:15,821 them saying that they usually throw people off the cliffs on the way up there. 662 00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:19,407 And it just stuck with me so bad, 663 00:35:19,409 --> 00:35:22,744 thinking he would throw her off a cliff. Where is she? 664 00:35:33,715 --> 00:35:38,593 On March 22nd a local investigative reporter breaks a huge piece of news 665 00:35:38,595 --> 00:35:42,264 about Xavier's statements to the police department 666 00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:45,183 An anonymous source turns in a Zoom video 667 00:35:45,260 --> 00:35:47,811 of Xavier talking to his children. 668 00:35:47,888 --> 00:35:53,316 Somebody kidnapped my wife. Do you know what that means when they kidnap an adult? 669 00:35:53,393 --> 00:35:55,026 She's not coming home, bud. 670 00:35:56,029 --> 00:36:01,741 So a big question is how would Xavier Breland Jr. 671 00:36:01,743 --> 00:36:04,411 know if his wife had been kidnapped? 672 00:36:04,487 --> 00:36:07,080 That she wasn't coming home. 673 00:36:07,082 --> 00:36:10,834 Why would he tell one or two of Ciera Locklair Breland's step-kids, 674 00:36:10,836 --> 00:36:12,294 "Somebody took her"? 675 00:36:12,296 --> 00:36:15,338 What did Xavier Breland tell police in Indiana 676 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:17,382 when he reported Ciera Breland Locklair missing? 677 00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:20,927 That she had just walked away from the residences the night before. 678 00:36:20,929 --> 00:36:24,014 [reporter] He did not say, "She was kidnapped"? 679 00:36:24,016 --> 00:36:26,099 No. According to Carmel Indiana Police Department 680 00:36:26,101 --> 00:36:29,227 that's correct, that's not what was passed on to us. 681 00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:31,813 [Heather] The video call doesn't look good for Xavier 682 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,482 At the very least, he looks sketchy. 683 00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,943 As though he isn't being truthful with the police. 684 00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:40,155 When people see this Zoom video 685 00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:43,408 the reaction is that Xavier is a liar. 686 00:36:43,410 --> 00:36:47,454 Public opinion has now changed, not in his favor of course. 687 00:36:47,530 --> 00:36:51,708 It does heighten the anger from a public point of view 688 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:56,171 He just creates a different story for everybody he's talking to. 689 00:36:56,173 --> 00:37:01,301 When I see this video I am absolutely disgusted. 690 00:37:01,303 --> 00:37:04,137 There was a lot or rage, a lot of anger. 691 00:37:04,139 --> 00:37:08,600 And I genuinely believe that he does know 692 00:37:08,602 --> 00:37:12,229 at least what happened to he and where we could look for her. 693 00:37:15,609 --> 00:37:19,236 [Heather] Carmel police in Indiana do a background check on Xavier. 694 00:37:19,238 --> 00:37:22,781 And they found out that he actually has a stalking charge against him 695 00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:24,991 from his ex-wife in Georgia 696 00:37:25,026 --> 00:37:26,701 They have absolutely no hard evidence 697 00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:29,788 linking Xavier to Ciera's disappearance. 698 00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:33,750 But they do arrest him on the outstanding warrant. 699 00:37:33,827 --> 00:37:38,213 He's sent to Coweta County jail where he's awaiting trial. 700 00:37:38,257 --> 00:37:41,675 [Kelly] I am happy at this point that Xavier is in jail 701 00:37:41,751 --> 00:37:46,721 for anything that can hold him until we could possible find Ciera. 702 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:50,392 [Shelby] We still are thankf that there's some movement going on, 703 00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:52,310 but at the same time it's frustrating. 704 00:37:52,312 --> 00:37:55,772 Because the charges are related to his ex, 705 00:37:55,849 --> 00:37:57,857 and aggravated stalking against her, 706 00:37:57,859 --> 00:38:00,402 and have absolutely nothing to do with Ciera's case. 707 00:38:01,863 --> 00:38:04,656 [Nick] I wanted to go to the Coweta jail 708 00:38:04,658 --> 00:38:08,326 and just sit down and have him look me in the face and tell me 709 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:12,038 "You know, I didn't do nothing" or whatever. 710 00:38:12,115 --> 00:38:14,624 His dad had actually told me, 711 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,544 "I think if you were here he would tell you the truth. 712 00:38:17,546 --> 00:38:19,537 And I said, "I don't know why you think that." 713 00:38:19,539 --> 00:38:23,425 And he said, "I just think he's on the edge and if he saw you he would speak." 714 00:38:23,427 --> 00:38:26,177 I just need to know what's happened. 715 00:38:26,179 --> 00:38:28,888 [Heather] Xavier is fightin the unrelated charges. 716 00:38:28,890 --> 00:38:31,266 And he's denying, through his lawyer, 717 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:34,311 any involvement in Ciera's disappearance. 718 00:38:34,387 --> 00:38:36,104 [reporter] By phone, Breland's attorney, Bryan Howard, 719 00:38:36,106 --> 00:38:38,023 told me commonly in a disappearance 720 00:38:38,025 --> 00:38:39,983 that the spouse is the first person police look at. 721 00:38:39,985 --> 00:38:41,801 But in this case, 722 00:38:41,803 --> 00:38:44,529 Xavier Breland Jr. had nothing to do with his wife's disappearance. 723 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:03,548 Just because there is a history of violence 724 00:39:03,625 --> 00:39:08,595 doesn't mean that Xavier is responsible for Ciera's disappearance. 725 00:39:08,597 --> 00:39:12,390 In our judicial system we are innocent until proven guilty. 726 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:15,560 There's no body, there's no hard evidence, 727 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:17,378 which means there's no smoking gun. 728 00:39:19,358 --> 00:39:23,777 [Eric] This is 120 days plus since Ciera has been missing 729 00:39:23,779 --> 00:39:26,905 We have to consider the fact that she may no longer be living. 730 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:30,200 But at this time, we are gathering more information and intel, 731 00:39:30,202 --> 00:39:32,035 and hopefully we can answer some questions. 732 00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:35,330 And get justice for Ciera and her family members. 733 00:39:39,336 --> 00:39:44,255 [Shelby] No one believes Xavier's story that Ciera had walked off at 11:00 p.m 734 00:39:44,290 --> 00:39:47,801 and left her phone, and her keys, and her baby, and her dog. 735 00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:52,847 It was 20 degrees. No one still believes that. 736 00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:59,062 It's my family's opinion that Xavier's story is beyond believability. 737 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:02,440 It's not possible from our standpoint. 738 00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:06,069 We as a family are... 739 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:08,738 just trying to piece togethe what happened. 740 00:40:08,857 --> 00:40:11,074 My assumption is that 741 00:40:11,151 --> 00:40:15,036 they were in an argument and it was continuing to escalate. 742 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,415 And, being who she is, Ciera did not back down. 743 00:40:18,417 --> 00:40:23,628 And that things got out of control and physically violent. 744 00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:28,508 Maybe it was an accident and he panicked and... 745 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:31,511 just kinda got rid of the situation. 746 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:40,728 With the amount of time that has passed since she's disappeared 747 00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:44,691 we're not exactly hopeful that she's coming back. 748 00:40:46,445 --> 00:40:49,654 Lots of things go through your mind when your child goes missing. 749 00:40:49,731 --> 00:40:54,701 And you have these thoughts that there's a specific person responsible. 750 00:40:54,703 --> 00:40:58,621 And what they may have done or what your child may have gone though. 751 00:40:58,623 --> 00:41:01,458 [clears throat] I feel like we should've seen the signs, you know? 752 00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:09,299 [Nick] When Ciera was born I knew it was gonna be our last child. 753 00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:13,136 So I got up a night with her, changed her diapers, 754 00:41:13,138 --> 00:41:14,721 [voice shaking] I took care of her. 755 00:41:18,185 --> 00:41:20,935 As she got older, she was full of life. 756 00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:25,315 As she grew up, she just got stronger, and stronger. 757 00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:28,943 [producer] You know what? Why-- 758 00:41:30,572 --> 00:41:32,563 Oh, I'm sorry. 759 00:41:36,745 --> 00:41:41,331 [Shelby] I would just ask that anybody who saw Ciera and Xavier 760 00:41:41,333 --> 00:41:45,627 during the week of February 24th 761 00:41:45,629 --> 00:41:49,339 to please contact Carmel Indiana Police Department, 762 00:41:49,415 --> 00:41:51,341 or Johns Creek Police Department, 763 00:41:51,343 --> 00:41:54,928 with whatever information they might have. 764 00:41:54,930 --> 00:41:59,015 You never know what could lead to something 765 00:41:59,017 --> 00:42:00,683 No bit of information is too small.