A Thanksgiving Wish for the Missing

Family of Missing Son, Travis Baker Offer New Reward Plea

CUE Center For Missing Persons
For immediate release

Wilmington, N.C. – The Family of Travis Baker and CUE Center for Missing Persons offer a new Reward in an effort to locate the missing youth.

Travis Lee Baker was last seen in Catawba County, North Carolina, on April 16, 2007; approximately early to mid day. He and his vehicle a candy apple red 1998 Camero, with a NC tag number WRP8627 have simply vanished.

Baker has three tattoos, his last name in capital letters across his back, the name "Hallie" on his chest and red and black tribal band on his upper left and right arm.

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Now, his family is offering a cash reward that will run for 10 days in hope that someone will step forward and just tell them where they can find their son. The $2,000.00 reward offer will begin November 25 at midnight and run for ten day straight ending on December 5, 2008 - no strings, no questions asked.

"I hope that someone will call the authorities or the CUE Center and end our nightmare; we are so worn out over all of this," said the father of Travis, Dwayne Baker.

In the past year the Baker family along with the CUE Center for Missing Persons, family friends, law officials and the community have conducted searches, held benefits and public awareness campaigns (local and nationally), erected billboards, the list goes on, all in an effort to gain information and ultimately to bring Travis home; to date Travis remains missing along with his vehicle.

"It is frustrating not only for the family but all who have given so much to aid in finding the answers," said CUE Founder, Monica Caison. "Families of the missing should not have to go through this, but until people do the right thing and truly help, we must continue to push forward until there are answers; I am hoping this holiday season will provide this family with the one wish they have, to find their son", she added.

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of Travis Baker please contact the Catawba County Sheriff's Department at (828) 464-5241 or CUE Center for Missing Persons (910) 343-1131 or the 24 hour line (910) 232-1687, callers can remain anonymous. 

In 1994 the CUE Center for Missing Persons was founded to aid cases of missing persons nationwide; funded entirely by donations, and staffed by volunteers. CUE Founder Monica Caison, has dedicated her life to the plight of missing people; which is focused on finding the missing, advocating for their causes, and supporting their families. Since its inception, CUE has helped more than 7,000 families in what is often the most confusing and desperate times of their lives.

Photo of Travis Lee Baker courtesy of his family

Comments

[Searching4theLost]

I can't imagine going this long without knowing where my son was. I know some families go years and decades, but it just breaks my heart. I pray that this new reward helps them find the answers that they need, although it is a shame that it would take money to bring about the truth.

Prayers and blessings to all of you who love and miss Travis. May you find peace in your hearts someday soon.

[Nana]

Have all bodies of water been investigated? In recent years there have been several cases in which a person and the missing car were both found in water--an estuary, a lake, etc.--and some of those were accidents. In one, a young man had been at a party at a lake house, and drove off a dock into the lake. In another, an older woman, who did not like to drive at night, was in an area unfamiliar to her, and she drove into an estuary. In recent months, a young woman left a bar to drive home, and she and her car accidentally ended up in a river.

When a car goes missing as well as the person, it seems that areas of water should be high on the list of places to look first.

[Josh]

Nothing ever came from the friend he was last seen with that acted shady afterwards and supposedly failed a polygraph test?