New clues emerge in search for missing California mom and baby

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Whisper Owen and her baby have been missing for almost a month now, and while they haven’t been seen since the day of their disappearance, police now have a clearer timeline of their travels.

On June 15, 36-year-old Whisper Owen and her eight-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, were in Fresno to visit family and to take baby Sandra to a doctor’s appointment.

The pair left town around 5 p.m. to drive back home to Elk Grove. That’s the last time anyone heard from her.

About a week after her disappearance, police said traffic footage from the day she left captured her SUV in Atwater, near Shaffer and Bellevue roads, around 8 p.m. Her brother, Richard Owen, said the footage captured her in a smoke shop parking lot changing Sandra’s diaper.

Now, police are saying their SUV was also confirmed traveling through Waterford around 9 p.m. before making its way to Highway 120, east of Escalon – about an hour’s drive from their home.

Anyone who has seen Sandra, Owen, or their SUV is asked to call 559-621-7000.

Whisper Owen is 5 feet 6 inches tall, 145 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair; she was last seen wearing a white tank top and ripped blue jeans. Sandra McCarty is 1 foot 10 inches tall, 17 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair; she was last seen wearing a pink onesie.

They were last seen in a a silver 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer with CA license plate 9LKH008 and a damaged driver’s side headlight.