The only “person of interest'' in a missing person case that took place about two years ago has disappeared.
Xavier Breland, the estranged husband of Sierra Breland, who disappeared in February 2022, failed to appear in court in Hamilton County, Indiana, on unrelated gun charges in late December.
With law enforcement tracking his whereabouts, the presiding judge issued a warrant for his re-arrest and canceled a jury trial scheduled for Jan. 8, according to court documents.
Breland's attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Xavier Breland, 37, was being held in Georgia's Coweta County Jail on unrelated charges including aggravated stalking, violation of a domestic violence protection order and harassing phone calls, according to court records. . (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)
Before Breland was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm during a serious violent felony stemming from an incident on February 28, 2022.
That came two days after he reported his wife, Sierra Breland, missing from their home in Carmel, Indiana.
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Sierra has not been seen since a surveillance camera recorded her outside her mother-in-law's house in Johns Creek, Georgia, on February 24, 2022 at 7:17 p.m., For delivery.
At that point, Sierra, her husband Xavier, their 5-month-old son, and their dog had been in Georgia for more than a week, having traveled to Sierra's family home in Georgia in mid-February 2022. Ta. Peach state.
Sierra Breland smiles while leaning on someone's shoulder for a photo. She was last seen leaving her mother-in-law's house with her husband and her son in February 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 Sierra returned with him, Xavier has not been charged in connection with her disappearance, and her body has never been found, the FBI said.
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.
“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.”
One person named by police in the past two years is currently missing, and law enforcement does not appear to know his whereabouts.
Sierra Breland takes a selfie while holding her dog. (Courtesy of Sierra Breland's family)
A timeline graphic outlining Sierra Breland's disappearance. (Courtesy of The Missing Alliance)
Xavier's jury trial on the weapons charge has been postponed three times since June 12, 2023, according to court documents.
The warrant request from the Hamitron County Sheriff's Office was referred to the Carmel Police Department, which received the original missing persons report.
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Carmel police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Sierra's mother said in a previous interview that she and her husband “knew” 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.”
Sierra Breland missing person flyer. (Courtesy of The Missing Alliance)
Locklair believes her daughter's body could be somewhere in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or Indiana.
There is a $10,000 reward for information in this case.
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However, potential criminal charges against Xavier in Sierra's disappearance will not 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).
