GA CIERA BRELAND: Missing from Johns Creek, GA - 24 Feb 2022 - Age 31

Carmel police seek help to find 31-year-old woman

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — Carmel Police Department sought help Saturday night to find a 31-year-old woman. Ciera Breland (Locklair) was last seen sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday in the 14400 block of Baldwin Lane, which is near the intersection of Ditch Road and 146th Street. She was...

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Carmel police seek help to find 31-year-old woman​

Carmel Police Department sought help Saturday night to find a 31-year-old woman.

Ciera Breland (Locklair) was last seen sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday in the 14400 block of Baldwin Lane, which is near the intersection of Ditch Road and 146th Street.

Johns Creek police looking for missing woman from Indiana

Police did not say why they believe she may be in the Johns Creek area.

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Johns Creek police looking for missing woman from Indiana​

Johns Creek police are working with Carmel, Indiana, police to find Ciera Breland (Locklair).

Police did not say why they believe she may be in the Johns Creek area.

Husband named 'person of interest' in disappearance of 31-year-old Indiana mother last seen in Georgia

Xavier Breland Jr., 37, was arrested on Wednesday on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County. He is now considered a person of interest in his wife, 31-year-old Ciera (Locklair) Breland.

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Husband named 'person of interest' in disappearance of 31-year-old Indiana mother last seen in Georgia​

Police have named the husband of a missing 31-year-old Indiana mother as a person of interest in her disappearance. Georgia police are working to help find her as she was last seen by family members in metro Atlanta.

Xavier Breland Jr., 37, was arrested on Wednesday on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County. He was being held in the Hamilton County jail in Indiana awaiting extradition to Georgia. Investigators have not revealed what charges were listed on the warrant.

The official missing person's report states that Ciera (Locklair) Breland was last seen around 10 p.m. on Feb. 25 in the Brookstone Park of Carmel subdivision in Carmel, Indiana. That is just north of Indianapolis. That report was filed with the Carmel Police Department over the weekend.

The report also states she said she was headed to the store wearing a black top and purple shorts. The FOX 5 Storm Team said temperatures in Carmel, Indiana were in the mid- to upper-20s that night. Family members said police told them she never arrived there and there was no surveillance video of her entering the store.

She also left without her cell phones, credit cards, or her months old son, family members said.

Ciera was last seen by her father on Feb. 20 in Georgia before returning to Johns Creek with her husband. Those same family member said they never saw her return to Indiana.

The Johns Creek Police Department issued a statement on Tuesday asking the public's help in finding her. The department issued a joint release with the Carmel Police Department on Wednesday that named her husband as a person of interest.

"This continues to be an active investigation, and this is the only information that will be released at this time. As the investigation continues, more information will be released as it becomes available," the release noted.

MEDIA - CIERA BRELAND: Missing from Carmel, IN since 25 Feb 2022 - Age 31

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

FBI joins search for Ciera Breland, the Indiana mother and lawyer last seen two weeks ago

More details are emerging about a missing 31-year-old Indiana mother last seen in metro Atlanta and her husband who has been named a person of interest in her disappearance as the FBI joins in the investigation.

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FBI joins search for Ciera Breland, the Indiana mother and lawyer last seen two weeks ago​

More details are emerging about a missing 31-year-old Indiana mother last seen in metro Atlanta and her husband who has been named a person of interest in her disappearance as the FBI joins in the investigation.

It has been nearly two weeks since family members have seen Ciera (Locklair) Breland. She was reported missing this past Friday by her husband, 37-year-old Xavier Breland Jr., who is now behind bars on unrelated charges.

Who is Ciera Breland?​

Ciera Breland is a mother of a months-old child and an attorney who just moved from the metro Atlanta area to an Indianapolis suburb to join a new firm.

She had moved to Georgia to practice law after Florida State University College of Law and the University of Tennessee.

Family said she and her husband Xavier Breland Jr moved from their Fairburn, Georgia home to Carmel, Indiana less than a year ago. That is when family members said she began to grow distant.

"My sister, they were like strapped together, they never stopped talking to each other, they were, she called her like two or three times a day most of the time, and when my sister texted her, she would always call back without fail," said cousin Luke Locklair.

Who is Xavier Breland?​

Xavier Breland Jr., 37, was arrested on Wednesday on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County. He was being held in the Hamilton County jail in Indiana awaiting extradition to Georgia. He was arrested back in June by the Newnan Police Department on charges of aggravated stalking. It was not clear if the current warrant hold was related to the previous charge. A grand jury indicted him on those aggravated stalking charges in December.

This is not the first legal trouble he has been in. Source told FOX 5 News he was had warrants associated with harassing phone calls and violating a family violence order. In 2007, court records indicate he was arrested in Florida and extradited to Indiana on a fugitive warrant.

He also has several citations relating to his time as a trucker. Breland has also operated his own car detailing business.

It was not clear when or how Xavier and Ciera met or when they were married. What is known is they have a young child together.

Xavier is not currently facing any criminal charges in connection to the disappearance of Ciera.

Where is Ciera Breland?​

The Carmel Police Department, located just outside Indianapolis, said Ciera Breland was reported missing by her husband over the weekend. He told police around 10 p.m. on Feb. 25 he last saw her leave their house in the Brookstone Park of Carmel subdivision possibly headed to the area CVS store wearing a black top and purple shorts. The FOX 5 Storm Team said temperatures in Carmel, Indiana were in the mid- to upper-20s that night.

Family members said police told them she never arrived there and there was no surveillance video of her entering the store.

She also left without her cell phones, credit cards, or her months-old son, family members said.

"For a mom, especially with a young child, to go missing, it causes great concern and obviously, the police department there and us take it very seriously, and we're doing everything we can to find her," said Johns Creek Police Lt. Deb Kalish.

 

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Georgia police detail involvement in missing Carmel woman case

CARMEL. Ind. — As multiple agencies continue their search for a missing Carmel woman, we are learning more details about how a police department in Georgia got involved. The search continues …

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Georgia Police Department details involvement in missing Carmel woman case​

On Friday, we spoke with Deb Kalish, a Lieutenant for the Johns Creek Police Department in Georgia. She detailed how the department got involved in this case.

“We were contacted by the Carmel Police Department in reference to Sierra and going to a location here in Johns Creek that she had just recently visited with her husband,” said Kalish.

Ciera and Xavier were recently visiting family in the Johns Creek, Georgia area. While tracking down any leads they could, the Carmel Police Department decided to take a look where they had recently been.

“This was the last place that they were before they went back home to Indiana, and he had reported Sarah missing,” said Kalish.


The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigations also got involved in the case. Kalish tells us they are helping connect any leads coming in from Indiana down to Georgia.

“Just having the FBI and the resources available will obviously help us continue to search and find her,” said Kalish.

While Xavier has been arrested on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County, Georgia, he has yet to be criminally charged in this case.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Here is a Linked In. Shows her job in Georgia before joining the firm in IN I imagine. If you look on the right, you will see husband's name and pic more than once and various jobs he has held.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciera-locklair-796452107

 

[Sunburst]

February in Indiana is NOT the type of weather for wearing shorts.

 

[kdg411]

Georgia police detail involvement in missing Carmel woman case

CARMEL. Ind. — As multiple agencies continue their search for a missing Carmel woman, we are learning more details about how a police department in Georgia got involved. The search continues …

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Georgia Police Department details involvement in missing Carmel woman case​

On Friday, we spoke with Deb Kalish, a Lieutenant for the Johns Creek Police Department in Georgia. She detailed how the department got involved in this case.

“We were contacted by the Carmel Police Department in reference to Sierra and going to a location here in Johns Creek that she had just recently visited with her husband,” said Kalish.

Ciera and Xavier were recently visiting family in the Johns Creek, Georgia area. While tracking down any leads they could, the Carmel Police Department decided to take a look where they had recently been.

“This was the last place that they were before they went back home to Indiana, and he had reported Sarah missing,” said Kalish.


The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigations also got involved in the case. Kalish tells us they are helping connect any leads coming in from Indiana down to Georgia.

“Just having the FBI and the resources available will obviously help us continue to search and find her,” said Kalish.

While Xavier has been arrested on an unrelated warrant out of Coweta County, Georgia, he has yet to be criminally charged in this case.

I have confirmed via public court records the POI does has active court cases in Coweta County, which was mentioned. Does anyone know if this person has any DV history? Any other history of him?

 

[GrandmaBear]

February in Indiana is NOT the type of weather for wearing shorts.

Yes, that's odd. My guess is it happened in Georgia and he went with what she truly was last wearing in the event her body is found clothed OR he slipped or got stuck in this lie. It would still allow him to try to claim someone else abducted her if that is what she is found in...

I have seen people wear shorts in the winter even here but it isn't common and I seriously doubt this mother was wearing such headed to a store she didn't show up at that late at night. Did bowl with one though who would wear them at night to bowling, usually the younger set. That was years ago he was probably in his 30s or late 20s, maybe younger.

 

[kdg411]

Here is a Linked In. Shows her job in Georgia before joining the firm in IN I imagine. If you look on the right, you will see husband's name and pic more than once and various jobs he has held.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciera-locklair-796452107

Remember, the POI is a Jr. Just an fyi.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I have confirmed via public court records the POI does has active court cases in Coweta County, which was mentioned. Does anyone know if this person has any DV history? Any other history of him?

Well it does say family violence or something in the articles here I think and they didn't know if it was again her or the aggravated stalking was either...

 

[GrandmaBear]

Remember, the POI is a Jr. Just an fyi.

So is it him shown then? Since he came up alongside (and others) her profile I assumed it was the hub. Most of the jobs seemed to relate to trucking which was said he did.

 

[kdg411]

So is it him shown then? Since he came up alongside (and others) her profile I assumed it was the hub. Most of the jobs seemed to relate to trucking which was said he did.

I don't know if that is him or not. His employment doesn't factor in to her being missing. It's a rabbit hole that serves no purpose, imo. If she wasn't physically seen leaving Johns Creek alive then that area is of greater importance.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I don't know if that is him or not. His employment doesn't factor in to her being missing. It's a rabbit hole that serves no purpose, imo. If she wasn't physically seen leaving Johns Creek alive then that area is of greater importance.

I myself didn't look past the page. And I'm not looking for a rabbit hole. I was trying to determine what she did in Georgia before Indiana, searched her, not him. I happened to note his name on the side of the same page as probably connected and noted it. I don't think I said anything other. Didn't name his jobs or hers or anything and since I don't do Linked in there isn't even any personal info that comes up.

I was wondering how long she has been a lawyer, what type, etc. I'm also wondering if she was or is a member of the bar in both states but haven't looked that far yet. Most searches brought up the case headlines. That was one of the few that didn't.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Also, there is Florida, Georgia and Indiana here as relates to him, charges and where lived. He was also in trouble in Florida, Georgia. Her education was Florida. They both moved from Georgia to IN. She is missing and they haven't found her and are looking in at least two of those states or so it appears. He is a named POI.

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He also has several citations relating to his time as a trucker. Breland has also operated his own car detailing business.

It was not clear when or how Xavier and Ciera met or when they were married.

 

[kdg411]

If this the correct person, her years in practice are noted.

Ciera Locklair

Ciera Nichole Locklair is an attorney in Atlanta, GA. 9 years experience in Defect and Lemon Law, Dispute Resolution, Immigration, General Practice. - Lawyer.com

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[RoundPeg]

I have confirmed via public court records the POI does has active court cases in Coweta County, which was mentioned. Does anyone know if this person has any DV history? Any other history of him?

Indiana woman missing; husband named person of interest by metro Atlanta police

Ciera Breland, 31, was reported missing on Feb. 26 in Carmel, Indiana. Over the course of the investigation, Carmel police began working with Johns Creek police and identified her husband as a person of interest.

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Those charges stem from two incidents in March and June 2021, according to records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In March, Xavier Breland is accused of placing a tracking device in a stuffed animal and gifted it to a child knowing the girl’s mother would pick her up from school. It was the same type of tracking device that had been found on the woman’s car a few months earlier, records show.

Then in June, Xavier Breland sent the woman a number of harassing text messages, in violation of a restraining order, including a warning to her not to “lose (her cat) in the woods ... it’s dangerous in there,” records show. The woman told police she had recently started letting her cat outdoors, and she was worried Xavier Breland was still stalking her and “might try to do something bad now that he has obtained her home address.”

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Timeline of Ciera Breland's disappearance

Family members are revealing more details about the timeline in the disappearance of a missing 31-year-old Indiana last seen in Georgia as more details emerge about an unrelated crime for which her husband, who has been named a person of interest in her disappearance, is wanted in Coweta County.

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Timeline of Ciera Breland's disappearance​

Family members are revealing more details about the timeline in the disappearance of a missing 31-year-old mother from Indiana last seen in Georgia as more details emerge about an unrelated crime for which her husband, who has been named a person of interest in her disappearance, is wanted in Coweta County.

It has been ten days since Ciera (Locklair) Breland was reported missing by her husband, 37-year-old Xavier Breland Jr. No one has been charged in connection to her disappearance, but a more solid timeline has developed about Ciera's trip with her husband to Georgia.

Family members said Ciera and her husband traveled to Georgia to visit with family. She arrived in Cleveland, Georgia at her fathers’ house on Feb. 19, a Saturday. By all accounts, it was a good visit with her nieces and nephews showing up to see their 31-year-old aunt who had recently moved from metro Atlanta to just outside of Indianapolis after taking a job at law firm.

At some point during the stay, family members said she asked if she could move back in with them. Despite the request, she left the next day with Xavier to reportedly visit his family just north of Atlanta.

This was the last time her family saw her.

Police believe the couple made it 45 miles southwest to his family’s home in Johns Creek, Georgia, together. Investigators have not released too many details from there.

Family members are hoping someone saw the vehicle they were driving sometime in the week following Feb. 20 and will step forward to tell investigators when and where that was. The couple was driving a white 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan with Georgia tag RMB 5869. An FSU Law School frame surrounds the license plate.

On Feb. 22, her cousin and best friend tried to call her but go not response.

The next day, the couple was supposed to be headed back to Indiana, but family members are not convinced Ciera was with Xavier.



On the same day that Xavier Breland said his wife, Ciera, went missing, the Coweta County courts were revoking his bond on an aggravated stalking charge filed by the Newnan Police Department.

According to court records, Breland had an arraignment on that charge on Feb. 23. The next day, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest and by Friday, the court was working to void his bond.

Details surrounding the charge have not been released, but court records indicate it stems from an incident nearly a year ago, on March 11, 2021. Breland was not arrest on that charge for another three months.

 

[GrandmaBear]

it's about an 8 hour trip from the Indy area to the Atlanta area. Just checked.

So they did that trip and spent one day with her family at most it sounds like and then headed to see his and no sign of her since.

I find it a bit confusing in that I read they had been in Indy for about a year in one place and other places it sounds as if she herself only recently moved there. It also says she asked about moving "back in" with family. It leaves me thinking she may have taken a job in Indy to join him and maybe they weren't together prior to that but hard to say/just speculating.

There is no mention of the baby in the above account. I imagine the child was with for family visits. So they are looking for sightings of the car which I can only imagine in time they will pick up on some traffic cams or security cams as they start circling out from his family's area and that is IF they all went to/got to his family's.

A 2017 Tiguan I'm hoping with GPS and cell phone tracking should also result in something in time as well hopefully...

An issue here is going to be that since he is under arrest for something else, he will likely not be talking to investigators, even if he would have prior to arrest. Maybe he won't lawyer up with regard to this but I imagine he will if he hasn't.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

New surveillance video shows sheds light on case of missing lawyer

The surveillance video sheds new light in the case of a missing mother.

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New surveillance video shows sheds light on case of missing lawyer​

The search is on for the mother of a 5-month-old baby who disappeared nearly three weeks ago.

Channel 2 Action News obtained home surveillance video on Tuesday of 31-year-old Ciera Breland.

A contact familiar with these events told Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne in the Ring video, Xavier Breland Jr. and Ciera Locklair, who was his attorney and at some point became his wife, can be seen on Dec. 17, 2020 inside the apartment of Brittany Lusk, who the day before had gotten a protective order against Breland from a Fulton County judge.

Eventually Judge Alexandra Manning issued a permanent family violence protective order in Brittany Lusk’s case, finding that Breland had violated the Family Violence Act by committing family violence, and had placed Lusk, her family and children in reasonable fear for their safety.

A document from Breland’s side said he denied he violated any Family Violence Act and/or other offenses.

A contact of Winne’s said Ring video, allegedly of Breland speaking to Lusk, was played in a court hearing.

Winne obtained a January 2021 hearing transcript for one of several cases we found involving Breland and Lusk.

It indicates Breland was asked: “So the recording that we just heard where you stated that her kids will come see her in a cemetery, was that not you? Is that what you are saying?”

“No, that is my voice on there,” Breland answered.

“Oh, OK. So you did make those statements in that threat?” Breland was asked.

“I didn’t hear that threat, no, ma’am,” Breland answered. “If I did say it, I mean, it is just another time that she has been antagonizing me throughout the years which is clearly why she started her recording.”



Hood said Breland’s past may concern investigators, but the present task is finding Ciera.

 

[GrandmaBear]

New surveillance video shows sheds light on case of missing lawyer

The surveillance video sheds new light in the case of a missing mother.

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New surveillance video shows sheds light on case of missing lawyer​

The search is on for the mother of a 5-month-old baby who disappeared nearly three weeks ago.

Channel 2 Action News obtained home surveillance video on Tuesday of 31-year-old Ciera Breland.

A contact familiar with these events told Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne in the Ring video, Xavier Breland Jr. and Ciera Locklair, who was his attorney and at some point became his wife, can be seen on Dec. 17, 2020 inside the apartment of Brittany Lusk, who the day before had gotten a protective order against Breland from a Fulton County judge.

Eventually Judge Alexandra Manning issued a permanent family violence protective order in Brittany Lusk’s case, finding that Breland had violated the Family Violence Act by committing family violence, and had placed Lusk, her family and children in reasonable fear for their safety.

A document from Breland’s side said he denied he violated any Family Violence Act and/or other offenses.

A contact of Winne’s said Ring video, allegedly of Breland speaking to Lusk, was played in a court hearing.

Winne obtained a January 2021 hearing transcript for one of several cases we found involving Breland and Lusk.

It indicates Breland was asked: “So the recording that we just heard where you stated that her kids will come see her in a cemetery, was that not you? Is that what you are saying?”

“No, that is my voice on there,” Breland answered.

“Oh, OK. So you did make those statements in that threat?” Breland was asked.

“I didn’t hear that threat, no, ma’am,” Breland answered. “If I did say it, I mean, it is just another time that she has been antagonizing me throughout the years which is clearly why she started her recording.”



Hood said Breland’s past may concern investigators, but the present task is finding Ciera.

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I'm a little lost in that if the woman had a protective order the day before he shouldn't have been there but what was Ciera doing there with him, attorney or not? No attorney should be with a client or otherwise while violating a protection order. I'm pretty sure you can get in quite the trouble for that and in fact have heard of such or similar.

Unless I misunderstood it.

Either way she is a victim here but I just wonder about that... I wonder too what his relationship was to the one with the protective order. Former wife or ex-girlfriend maybe or going through a divorce or something... Hard to say. I guess we'll likely find out.

I hope they find her.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Ciera was probably with him as his girlfriend, not as his attorney. Not sure that would matter if it ever came up at court, but I'm sure she wasn't there to advise him. And he certainly doesn't care about a protective order. Most abusers don't.

The threats are concerning, particularly with present circumstances. Seems like he has used threats of violence (and stalking, and harassment) to get his way in the past. And likely not just threats.

Being that he violated the "family violence" act, yes she was likely a previous wife/girlfriend/baby-mama.