Fox's first appearance – The only “person of interest” in a two-year-old disappearance case has been arrested in Georgia, weeks after failing to appear in court in Indiana, Georgia State Police confirmed.
Xavier Breland fled town before appearing in court in late December in Hamilton County, Indiana, on gun charges unrelated to his estranged wife's disappearance in February 2022.
The fugitive was arrested by Georgia State Police on Monday after a week-long manhunt and taken into custody on a re-arrest warrant. Law enforcement is preparing to extradite him to Indiana.
Breland's attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Xavier Breland, 37, is the person of interest in his wife's disappearance. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)
Breland's estranged wife, Sierra Breland, was last seen on February 24, 2022 at 7:17 p.m., when surveillance video captured her outside her stepmother's home in Johns Creek, Georgia. was recording., For delivery.
The shooting in Indiana and the arrest in Georgia are unrelated to Sierra's disappearance.he charged Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon stemming from an incident on February 28, 2022.
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That was two days after he reported his wife missing from their home. Carmel, IndianaHouse.
At that point, Sierra, Xavier, their 5-month-old son and their dog had been in Georgia for more than a week after traveling to Sierra's parents' home in mid-February 2022..
Sierra Breland was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house with her husband and son on February 24, 2022 in Johns Creek, Georgia. Since then, she disappeared without any clues or evidence. (Courtesy of Sierra Breland's family)
Sierra Breland was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house with her husband and son on February 24, 2022 in Johns Creek, Georgia. Since then, she disappeared without any clues or evidence. (Courtesy of Sierra Breland's family)
Xavier returned to Indiana, but there is no evidence that Sierra returned with him. F.B.I. she said, but he has not been charged in connection with her disappearance and she has not yet been found.
Sierra's mother, Kelly Locklair, told Fox News Digital in a March interview that her daughter was “scared” of Xavier, who was cleared of stalking and weapons charges in a separate criminal case.
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“Sierra had no intention of returning to Indiana,” Locklair said. “She said to me, 'I have to leave here anyway, and I'm leaving…my furniture could rot. I'm never going back.'” That's how she got out of there. I was desperate to get out.”
Xavier is the only “person of interest” publicly named by law enforcement in the Sierra disappearance case.
A timeline graphic outlining Sierra Breland's disappearance. She was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house with her husband and her son on February 24, 2022 in Johns Creek, Georgia. (Courtesy of The Missing Alliance)
Sierra Breland was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house with her husband and son on February 24, 2022 in Johns Creek, Georgia. (Courtesy of Sierra Breland's family)
Sierra's mother said in a previous interview that she and her husband “knew” that her daughter was dead after police reported her missing but that her baby was safe. .
“She's definitely gone,” Locklair said. “That was the first thing my husband said when[Xavier]filed a missing person's report and the police called. They said she left without the baby. She didn't even take a shower. I didn't want anyone else to see the baby.”
Locklair believes her daughter's body could be somewhere in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or Indiana.
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On the other hand, Xavier jury trial His failure to appear in court in December caused his Hamilton County weapons charge, scheduled for Jan. 8, to be postponed for the third time since June 12, 2023, according to court records.
Potential criminal charges against Xavier in Sierra's disappearance likely won't move forward without more important evidence and Sierra's body.
In an interview with Fox News Digital in March, Xavier's attorney, Brian Howard, denied that his client had done anything wrong, saying that “if the police continue to focus on my client,” He said there would never be any progress.
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Anyone with details about the incident should contact the Johns Creek Police Department at 678-372-8046, the Carmel Police Department at 317-571-2580, the Central Indiana Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477), Please call Georgia State Police. Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477) or FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324).
