Overview

• Fresno County authorities issued the endangered missing advisory on July 24 after Whisper Owen and her daughter Sandra McCarty vanished on July 15.
• Their silver 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer was last captured by a traffic camera in Atwater shortly after 8 p.m. on the day of their disappearance.
• Investigators report no further sightings of the vehicle and note that Owen’s phone has remained switched off since the pair went missing.
• Family members, convinced the disappearance was not voluntary, have driven highways and backroads north of Fresno in hopes of finding a clue.
• Law enforcement agencies across California have been alerted with photos of Owen and Sandra as the search enters its third week.