Police search for dad after fiancee and 2-year-old daughter go missing

Washington police are looking to arrest a Washington man in the case of his young daughter's disappearance — and his missing fiancee may also be with him.

The Pullman Police Department issued an arrest warrant for Aaron Aung, 21, after he and his 2-year-old daughter, Seraya Aung Harmon, failed to show up for a planned custody exchange with the girl's mother. young girl, the department announced Wednesday. .

Seraya was last seen with her father on May 29. Aung reportedly traveled to Montana for a fishing trip with her daughter, but she did not return.

Samara Harmon, Seraya's mother, told local news station KREM2 that she didn't know the girl and her father were going to Montana together until police told her.

“This is my worst nightmare, and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” Harmon told the outlet. “And if there are other parents who have already been through this, my heart goes out to them.”

Aung's fiancée, Nadia Cole, 21, may now be traveling with him and Seraya, according to Pullman police.

Cole, a recent Washington State University graduate, was also reported missing after disappearing from SeaTac Airport on May 29, according to police in Fife, a town across the river. Pullman State. She may have been in the Fife area in the following days.

Cole was last seen on a security camera leaving the airport around 3 p.m. on May 29, according to a missing persons bulletin.

A private investigator hired by Cole's family gave more details about her disappearance, saying she left her belongings at an airport gate to use the restroom but never returned, according to a statement press release shared with KTVB.

The investigator said Cole left the airport with a “distressed expression,” according to the outlet. She was with her mother, about to embark on a trip to Italy, KXLY reported.

Cole's parents called the circumstances leading to their daughter's disappearance “totally out of character,” according to the press release cited by the outlet.

“We are completely devastated by his passing and fervently praying for his safe return,” his parents wrote in the press release.