An Indiana woman was reported missing last week after a “suspicious” fire at her home, authorities said.
Britney Gard, 46, was last seen the night of Sept. 30, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. She is considered an endangered missing person “due to her unknown whereabouts,” the sheriff’s office said. saying.
Authorities responded to his home on Oct. 1 after a 911 call about a fire at his home in Bainbridge, located about 40 miles west of Indianapolis, the sheriff’s office said. Smoke was reported coming from the residence around 7:40 p.m., the office said.
Britney Gard appears in undated photos released by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office
Fire crews extinguished the fire, which investigators believe is “suspicious in nature,” Putnam County Sheriff Jerrod Baugh said in a statement Friday.
No one was found in the fire-damaged home and attempts to contact Gard were unsuccessful, the sheriff’s office said. She was not located after a drone-assisted search of the area and searches of a pond on the property after the fire, the sheriff’s office said.
Gard was supposed to attend her daughter’s volleyball game Wednesday but didn’t show up, her sister, Stephanie Bowen, told ABC affiliate Indianapolis. Wrtv.
“Her car is at home, her purse is at home. She’s nowhere to be found and the house is on fire. It doesn’t make sense,” Bowen told WRTV.
“I just feel like there’s something bigger here that we don’t know about,” he said.
Britney Gard was last seen on September 30, 2025, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office
The search for the mother of two continued this week, with dozens of people, including her sisters, searching through cornfields and wooded areas near Gard’s property on Monday, WRTV reported.
Detectives asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the sheriff’s office.
“We continue to investigate this case 24 hours a day and are involved with her family to find Britney,” Baugh said. “Since this is an active investigation and we continue to gather information on an hourly basis, we will not discuss any particular evidence or information until we are able to complete this effort and find Britney Gard.”
Bowen urged people to be “vigilant” and check their home security cameras.
“Britney, we love you,” he told WRTV. “We look forward to seeing him return home safely.”
