Detectives Tracing Steps of Missing, Pregnant Mother

Courtney Francisco,

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SALISBURY, NC — Police and family are still searching for the pregnant mother who vanished from her Salisbury home Tuesday.Β 

Carry Bradshaw-Crowther disappeared the day of her scheduled C-section. The 49-year-old’s baby girl is due in two weeks. A high-risk pregnancy coupled with a connective tissue disorder means a natural child birth could be deadly.
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“I love her, and we need her, and we want her home,” said Lauren Lusk.Β 
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Three days ago, Lusk left the Salisbury home to get gas before taking the mother in for the C-section. When she returned, she says her mother was gone and so was her mother’s van.
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“All those thoughts went through my head: that she wrecked, somebody broke into the house, somebody took her,” said Luck.
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She immediately called the hospital. Doctors said she never showed up. Police sent out alerts.Β 
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Investigators traced her steps starting at 5:20 that Tuesday morning. Someone made a phone call from Bradshaw-Crowther’s cell phone in a wooded area blocks from her home on West Colonial Drive.
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Then, Lusk says someone turned off the phone.
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The next lead: family says Bradshaw-Crowther used her credit card at a Shell gas station in Statesville.Β 
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Police gathered surveillance footage to confirm she was there.Β 
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Across the street from the gas station, Brookewood Inn workers says she stayed there Tuesday night when she went missing.
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The clerk tells WCCB Charlotte that the mother-to-be checked out a room alone. He says she seemed happy when she left before 1:00 the next day.
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“I love her, and I don’t understand any of this. It doesn’t make sense,” said Lusk. “I just want to hold her again, to know I need to touch her again.”
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Police says she was driving a 2001 Mazda MPV van, champagne in color. The vehicle has an unknown expired Kansas tag. Β 
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Family says it’s possible she’s heading to Linville Gorge.
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Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Bradshaw-Crowther, please contact the Salisbury Police Department at 704-638-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.