RSS34 Year Old Jessica Padgett Missing Since 11/21/14 in Northampton, PA (Update: Disappearance Being Treated as Criminal Matter)
34 year old Jessica Padgett has been missing since November 21, 2014 in Northampton, Pennsylvania. Jessica Padget was last seen Friday afternoon leaving her job at the Duck Duck Goose Child Care center on Canal Street in Northampton around noon. According to the police, Jessica was supposed to return a short while later to her job, but never did. Her husband also said that he last hard from her on the phone around 1 pm Friday. Jessica Padgett left the child care center in a white Subaru Outback, which authorities later found the vehicle at the Dollar General parking lot in Northampton. At this juncture, the Police say there is no indication of foul play so far but they continue to investigate. However, Jessica Padgett is the mother of three and her family states she would never leave her children behind.
Facebook: “Help Find Jessica Padgett”
Missing: Jessica Padgett
Jessica Padgett, 34, of Whitehall Township was last seen Friday around noon leaving her job at the Duck Duck Goose Child Care center on Canal Street in Northampton.
Padgett’s husband also told police he last heard from her on the phone around 1 p.m. Friday.
Police found Padgett’s phone and her vehicle at the Dollar General parking lot on 2016 Main Street in Northampton. Padgett was nowhere to be found however.
Padgett is described as a white woman standing 5-foot-4 and weighing 130 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She also has a tattoo of a footprint on her shoulder.
Northampton Fire Department Facebook:
We need some assistance from the public to help locate a missing person. Jessica Padgett went missing Friday, between 12:30-2PM from her place of employment. Authorities have located her vehicle at the Dollar General parking lot in town, but there is still no sign of Jessica. She is said to be approximately 5’4″, 130lbs, and has a tattoo of a footprint on her shoulder. Any information regarding the missing person, please call the Northampton Borough Police Department.
Duck Duck Goose Child Care – 1218 Canal St. Northampton, PA
Distinctive Fence Co. – 451 Covered Bridge Road Northampton, PA
Dollar General – 2016 Main Street in Northampton, PA
UPDATE I: “I want my big sister back,” says pregnant sister of missing Whitehall Township woman.
Kristi Davis of Maryland, says her sister was supposed to go to her stepfather’s house — just five miles from the childcare facility — to fax over some paperwork.
Padgett’s white Subaru Outback was found by police at the Dollar General parking lot in Northampton, but Padgett was gone.
At 1 p.m., Padgett had sent Davis, who is due next week with a daughter, a Facebook message telling her, “I want to see my niece being born.”
“She’s my only sister,” Davis said. “I want my big sister back.”
Padgett, a mother of two and stepmother of one, would never leave her children behind, Davis said. The family had just celebrated her wedding to husband, Mica Padgett, on Sept. 6 in Walnutport.
She also held a second job at Distinctive Fence Co. in Northampton, Davis said.
UPDATE II: The Search continues on Sunday for Whitehall mom, Jessica Padgett.
She was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with Duck Duck Goose Staff printed on it and gray sweatpants with a while stripe down the side, according to the flier. The group has organized search efforts in the area over the weekend.
Padgett also worked at Distinctive Fence Co. in Northampton, which is where she was headed to send a fax when she disappeared, said her sister, Kristi Davis. Police are looking for video surveillance camera footage that could shed light on her disappearance.
UPDATE III: Search for missing Whitehall mother Jessica Padgett intensifies.
State police have intensified their search for Jessica Padgett, the Whitehall Township mother of three who went missing Friday afternoon, assigning a dozen investigators to canvass and interview potential witnesses in Northampton.
Padgett, 33, was last seen at 12:50 p.m. Friday leaving her job at Duck Duck Goose Child Care on Canal Street in the borough, state police at Bethlehem said. She was supposed to return a short time later.
On Monday morning, Padgett’s relatives said they had heard nothing from police. Her father said the family is doing “terribly.”
Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he met Monday with state police to learn what resources were being used to search for Padgett. He said her disappearance is being treated as a “criminal matter,” but remains hopeful that Padgett will be found alive.
If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Jessica Padgett, please call the Northampton Borough Police Department at 610-261-0404.
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UPDATE!!
Stepfather charged in Jessica Padgett’s murder
November 26, 2014
The body of missing 33-year-old Whitehall Township mother Jessica Padgett has been found by investigators, and her stepfather is charged with her murder, authorities said late Wednesday.
At a news conference that came after a “major development” in Padgett’s case, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli announced what her family had most feared: that, missing since Friday, Padgett is dead…..
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-jessica-padgett-murder-stepfather-20141126-story.html
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