FBI, GBI joining search for missing woman from Indiana

ATLANTA — The FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations are joining the search for a missing woman from Indiana, officials said.

Ciera Breland (Locklair) was reported missing on February 26 in Carmel, Indiana. Carmel police began working with the Johns Creek, Georgia Police Department to locate her.

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Police haven’t said why they believe she could be in the metro Atlanta area.

Authorities have since identified her husband, 37-year-old Xavier Breland Jr. as a person of interest in her disappearance, but he has not been charged in connection with it.

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He has been arrested on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County.

Xavier Breland Jr. is currently being held in the Hamilton County Jail in Indiana as he awaits extradition to Georgia.

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Breland, 31, is 5′0″ tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black top and purple shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to call 678-372-8046 or the Carmel PD at 317-571-2580.

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