Overview
- Antoinette Forbes, 53, was last seen at her Washington home and was reported missing after family lost contact; police say she was last seen on Sept. 4.
- Friends who checked the house found her two phones, wallet, laptop, car and her dog Max inside, and they told family the dog had urinated indoors, suggesting she had been gone for some time.
- The Metropolitan Police Department reclassified the case as a critically missing person and is conducting an active investigation, though investigators have released few public details about canvass or surveillance results.
- Family members say hospitals and travel records have been checked and that Forbes’ employer, Eli Lilly, is cooperating and urging anyone with information to contact police.
- Under MPD rules, a 'critically missing' label means officers believe the person could be in danger, and the case has deep human stakes because Forbes is a single mother to a 10-year-old son who remains at home.