STOCKTON (Courtesy of KMJ's News Partner – CBS 13 Sacramento) — A Stockton husband is making a desperate plea for his missing wife and the mother of his children to come home as police investigate her suspicious disappearance.
There was no warning or hint of trouble when Carolina Adkins left in the middle of the night on Thursday after celebrating the new year.
“She told me she was going to the living room. I didn’t pay no attention to it, so I went back to sleep,” said Joe Shepard.
When he woke up, his wife of three years and someone he’s known since the seventh grade was gone.
At 1 a.m., just one hour after celebrating the new year with her family, Adkins told her brother Marcellus that she was going for a quick walk. She gave him a hug and said she’d be back.
“She didn’t come home, and I’ve been waiting for the longest but she hasn’t been back,” Marcellus Adkins said.
Stockton Police say it’s puzzling that Carolina Adkins disappeared after leaving her cellphone, keys and wallet at the family apartment. They don’t know where she was walking in the middle of the night.
Officer Joe Silva says the 26-year-old has never done anything like this before, and says her disappearance is suspicious.
“If anyone has information please do the right thing and call us,” he said.
Carolina’s family insists she would never just up and leave without calling or checking in for days, because too many people depend on her.
“That’s why they call her Mother Carol, because she runs everything she takes care of everybody,” Marcellus Adkins said. “It’s hard to be without my sister”
Carolina’s husband pleads that if someone has her to bring his wife back safe and sound.
“If she blindfolded or anything, just drop her off and then call us with a private number and tell us where she at, so she can come home,” Joe Shepard said.
