ZAYLEE GRACE FRYAR 3 Months - Millersville, Tennessee (USA) - 01/05/11

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:10 am

ZAYLEE GRACE FRYAR

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Jan 14, 2011
Sex: Female
Missing Date: May 1, 2011
Age Now: 3 Month(s)
Missing City: MILLERSVILLE
Missing State : TN
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Weight: 12 lbs (5 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

Case Number: NCMC1171321

Circumstances: Zaylee was last seen on May 1, 2011. She is biracial. Zaylee is Black and White. She has a brown birthmark on her right leg.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1171321&seqNum=1

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:12 am

Zaylee Grace Fryar

Missing since 1 May 2011.

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:16 am

WSMV Nashville

9 May 2011

Amber Alert Issued After Baby's Mom Found Dead
Police: Body In River Is Mother Of Missing 4-Month-Old

Metro police confirmed Tuesday that a missing 4-month-old's mother is the woman found in the Cumberland River last weekend. An Amber Alert has been issued for the baby, Zaylee Grace Fryar of Millersville, Tenn.

On Saturday night, someone walking on the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge called police to report a body floating in the water. Investigators said they believe the body had been in the water for some time. Police have identified the woman as 28-year-old Shauna Marie Fryar, the missing baby's mother, through her fingerprints.

Police said there was no sign of trauma to her body, and her cause of death isn't yet known. They said they don't know if she died before entering the water.

Metro police said there's no evidence to suggest Zaylee is in the water.

The baby has black hair and brown eyes and weighs 12 pounds. She has a quarter-size brown birthmark on her right leg. She was last seen with Fryar on May 1 at their home.

On May 5, Fryar's husband, who isn't Zaylee's father, reported his wife and Zaylee missing. Millersville police said the man told them he went to a store at about 9 a.m. on May 1 and that Fryar and Zaylee were gone when he returned.

Police said no personal belongings for the baby or Fryar were missing, that Fryar's purse, cellphone and diaper bag were still at the apartment complex. They said Fryar had a history of drug addiction and that she may have been trying to get illegal drugs about the time she was last seen.

Detectives said the mother and baby were fine April 30, when they visited a family member in Pegram.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27829716/detail.html

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:18 am

Radio Amber Child Alerts

10 May 2011

Amber Alert Issued for Tennessee – Zaylee Fryar‎

An Amber Alert has been issued for Zaylee Grace Fryar. She is described as being four months old, has black hair, brown eyes, and weighs about 12 pounds. She is about 35 inches long with a round, quarter size, brown birthmark on her right leg. She was last seen with her mother, Shauna Marie Fryar, on Sunday, May 1st at their home in Millersville, Tennessee.

http://radioamber.net/?p=4652

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:20 am

News Channel 5

10 May 2011

Amber Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old After Mother Found Dead‎

An Amber Alert has been issued by the TBI for a four-month-old infant after her mother's body was found in the Cumberland River.

Police are searching for four-month-old Zaylee Grace Fryar. She was last seen with her mother, Shauna Marie Fryar, on Sunday, May 1 at their home in Millersville.

At this point, investigators said everyone is a suspect until they can figure out if they're dealing with an accident or foul play.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14619391/amber-alert-issued-for-4-month-old-after-mother-found-dead?redirected=true

**Twiglet** Thu May 12, 2011 7:22 am

The Tennessean

11 May 2011

Authorities seek help in finding four-month-old girl‎

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a four-month-old baby whose mother’s body was found in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street bridge on Saturday.

Zaylee Grace Fryar has been missing since May 1, when she disappeared with her mother, Shauna Fryar, 28, from Millersville in Sumner County. Fryar and the 12-pound baby were last seen by Fryar’s husband, Michael Fryar, that Sunday.

The mother's and baby’s personal belongings were not missing. The mother had a history of drug abuse, police said.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110511/NEWS/305110090/Authorities-seek-help-finding-four-month-old-girl

**Twiglet** Sun May 15, 2011 9:33 am

WSMV Nashville

11 May 2011

Phone Records Checked In Missing Baby Search‎
Police Comb Facebook, Talk With Shauna Fryar's Acquaintances

The mystery around a missing a 4-month-old is deepening. Many are asking where Zaylee Grace Fryar is and how her mother ended up dead in the Cumberland River.

At 1:30 a.m. the day before Shauna Fryar's husband said he last saw her, she posted on her Facebook page that she was "thankful" and was counting every "blessing."

She wrote that she was especially grateful for every "smile" from her new baby girl. The timestamp for the posting was 1:10 a.m. April 30.

The next day, Fryar's husband, Michael, went to a store, and Fryar and Zaylee were gone when he returned, he told Millersville police. Four days later, Michael reported them missing.

This past Saturday, Fryar's body was found floating in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street Bridge. An autopsy is being done. Police said there were no obvious signs of trauma to the 28-year-old woman's body. Police are still looking for Zaylee.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27859257/detail.html

**Twiglet** Sun May 15, 2011 9:34 am

News Channel 5

12 May 2011

Missing Infant's Grandmother Speaks Out‎

One day after announcing Shauna Fryar's body had been found in the Cumberland River, the search for her four-month-old daughter is intensifying.

Millersville Police on Wednesday questioned anyone and everyone who knows Shauna and little Zaylee Grace Fryar. Metro Police, meanwhile, continue to scour the waters of the Cumberland River.

From their home in Springfield, Zaylee's grandmother and aunts are holding out hope she's still alive.

"We're praying about it, praying about my grandbaby," said Sandra McMurry.

Her son, Thurman McMurry, is Zaylee's biological father. He's not a suspect in the case because he's currently behind bars at the Robertson County Jail, serving time on an unrelated assault charge.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14629073/zaylee-fryars-grandmother-speaks-out

**Twiglet** Sun May 15, 2011 9:37 am

WSMV Nashville

12 May 2011

No One Ruled Out In Missing Baby Case‎
Phone Records, Facebook Posts Combed For Clues

With each passing day, concern is growing for the family of a 4-month-old girl whose mother turned up dead without her.

Police spent Thursday interviewing more than a dozen people, hoping to find even a bit of information that may lead to baby Zaylee Grace Fryar. They also started gathering surveillance video from businesses around Millersville, where the baby lived, and Nashville, where Zaylee's mother was found.

"We're hoping somebody just finds her or turns her in or anything, anything that could help," said family friend Emily Schendel.

Schendel and D'andre McMurry said they wish they could answer the question so many are asking: Where is baby Zaylee?

"It's been hard on us. We don't know where she at," said McMurry.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27874175/detail.html

**Twiglet** Sun May 15, 2011 9:39 am

WSMV Nashville

13 May 2011

Dad Speaks About Missing Millersville Child‎
4-Month-Old Zaylee Grace Fryar Missing; Mom Found Dead

The father of a missing 4-month-old girl is pleading for her safe return.

Zaylee Fryar has been missing for more than a week. Her mother's body was pulled from the Cumberland River over the weekend.

“But I want my daughter here with me. She ain’t got her mother. She needs to be here with her daddy,” said Zaylee's father, Thurman McMurry.

This was supposed to be the day McMurry reunited with his daughter after a month apart, but 4-month-old Zaylee Grace Fryar is missing.

“If anybody has her or knows where's she at, I wish they would at least bring her to me, so she could at least be with her daddy,” said McMurry.

McMurry was released from the Robertson County Jail on Friday where he'd been since mid-April for an unrelated assault charge.

On Tuesday, he got the news while in jail that Zaylee was missing and the child's mother, Shauna Fryer, had been found dead in the Cumberland River.

McMurry said he and Fryar had planned to continue their relationship and live in Millersville once he was released.

Police don't consider McMurry a suspect because he was in jail when the mother and baby disappeared.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27888162/detail.html

**Twiglet** Sun May 15, 2011 9:41 am

News Channel 5

13 may 2011

Father Makes Plea For Missing Infant's Return‎

An impassioned plea from the father of a missing four-month-old whose mother was found dead in the Cumberland River.

"Anybody that have my baby, I need my daughter here with me," said Thurman McMurry.

McMurry spoke from his home in Springfield on Friday night.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14644661/father-makes-plea-for-missing-infants-return

**Twiglet** Tue May 17, 2011 8:43 pm

WSMV Nashville

16 May 2011

Missing Baby's House Searched As Neighbors Watch‎

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents had an audience of curious onlookers in Millersville on Monday while searching the last place they'd been told 4-month-old Zaylee Fryar and her mother, Shauna, were seen.

A week ago, Shauna Fryar was found floating in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville. There were no visible signs of trauma to her body. Zaylee is still missing.

"We don't have any indication now whether the baby is alive or dead," said Kristin Helm of the TBI.

Fryar's husband reported the two missing May 5. Michael Fryar said he had returned home from a store four days earlier and discovered the mother and child were gone. He said that wasn't unusual.

Police said what does appear unusual is the fact that Fryar left home without her car, cellphone, purse and Zaylee's diaper bag. Zaylee is not Michael's biological daughter.

On Monday, TBI agents were examining the door of the trailer home and taking pictures outside.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27913674/detail.html

**Twiglet** Tue May 17, 2011 8:45 pm

News Channel 5

16 May 2011

FBI Joins Search For Missing Baby‎

The FBI has joined the search for 4-month old Zaylee Fryar. The child was discovered missing after Metro Police pulled her mother's body from the Cumberland River more than a week ago.

They're hoping the FBI can help. An FBI agent whose specialty is examining bodies found in water is helping Metro Police.

On Monday morning, crime scene investigators with the TBI searched the child's house in Millersville for the first time.

Neighbors watched while crime scene investigators searched the Millersville home of Shauna and Michael Fryar.

"There's nothing specific we're looking for in connection to the baby's whereabouts. It's more of a blanket go through comb everything to see if there's anything unusual that we can find that might lead us to believe what happened to her," said TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14656429/fbi-joins-search-for-missing-baby

**Twiglet** Fri May 20, 2011 8:42 pm

WSMV Nashville

18 May 2011

Friends Think Missing Baby With Family Members‎
4-Month-Old Zaylee Fryar Last Seen May 1

Willie and Pamela Hamilton are praying the impossible happens outside their inner-city church in Springfield: "Zaylee to be found and justice for Shauna's death," said Pamela Hamilton.

Four-month-old Zaylee Fryar was last seen with her mother in Millersville on May 1. A few days later, Shauna Fryar's body was found in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville.

There has been no sign of Zaylee.

Pamela Hamilton grew up with the baby's biological father, Thurman McMurry. On Wednesday, the Hamiltons are joining other churches to hold a candlelight vigil for the missing baby.

"All I know is that with Thurman, he's missing his child, and if this was me, I would want somebody to help me," said Pamela Hamilton.

It was Fryar's husband, Michael, who told police he last saw the 28-year-old and her baby when he was leaving to go to the store. He told police they were gone when he returned.

On Monday, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents were back at the trailer where Zaylee was last seen, searching for clues to her whereabouts.

Now, the Hamiltons have their own theory in a long list that police are investigating.

"What I do believe is this: Family members that have this baby, and we just want to do a vigil to have them return this baby," said Willie Hamilton.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27941455/detail.html

**Twiglet** Fri May 20, 2011 8:43 pm

News Channel 5

19 May 2011

Family Holds Vigil for Missing Baby‎

It's now been 18 days, and still no sign of missing four-month-old Zaylee Fryar. Wednesday night, friends and family members came together to plead for her safe return and mourn her mother, who was found dead last week in the Cumberland River.

In Springfield, the community held a candlelight vigil where they are still holding out hope that Zaylee's alive, but with each day, family members say it gets a little more difficult, but they are praying someone brings Zaylee home.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14673832/family-holds-vigil-for-missing-baby

**Twiglet** Fri May 20, 2011 8:45 pm

News Channel 5

20 May 2011

Balloon Release, Memorial Service Held For Shauna Fryar‎

On Thursday, friends and family of Shauna Fryar came together to remember her life and pray for the safe return of her daughter, Zaylee.

They prayed and released balloons during a memorial service for Fryar in Springfield. Her body was found last week in the Cumberland River in Nashville, days after she went missing.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14680225/balloon-release-memorial-service-held-for-shauna-fryar

**Twiglet** Fri May 20, 2011 8:47 pm

WSMV Nashville

20 May 2011

Memorial Service Held For Mom Found In River‎
Shauna Fryar's 4-Month-Old Daughter Still Missing

A memorial service was held Thursday for Shauna Fryar, the mother of missing infant Zaylee Fryar.

The pair disappeared May 1. Fryar's body was found a few days later in the Cumberland River.

The service for Fryar was held at Travis Price Park in Springfield. People held white balloons with "We love you, Shauna" written on them.

Police continue to search for 4-month-old Zaylee.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27954318/detail.html

**pam supportfromireland** Fri May 20, 2011 9:03 pm

This is so sad. I hope all neighbouring States are helping !!

**Twiglet** Mon May 23, 2011 12:58 am

Nashville City Paper

20 May 2011

TBI offers $1000 reward in case of missing 4-month-old girl‎

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now offering a $1,000 reward for information in the case regarding a mother found dead and her still missing 4-month-old daughter.

Metro police pulled the body of 28-year-old Shauna Fryar from the Cumberland River on May 7, days after her husband first reported her and the infant, Zaylee Grace Fryar, missing. The two went missing from their Millersville, Tenn., home on May 1.

Zaylee is still missing and police in Nashville as well as Millersville continue to investigate the circumstances of her disappearance and Shauna Fryar’s death.

http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/tbi-offers-1000-reward-case-missing-4-month-old-girl

**Twiglet** Mon May 23, 2011 1:00 am

WKSR

20 May 2011

Reward Offered In Womans Death & Babys Disappearance‎

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is offering a $1,000 reward for anyone who has information relevant to the death of 28-year-old Shauna Fryar and/or information as to the whereabouts of her 4-month-old daughter Zaylee Fryar.

Fryar’s husband last saw Shauna and Zaylee Fryar the morning of Sunday May 1st at their home in Millersville. On Saturday May 7th, Shauna Fryar's body was recovered from the Cumberland River near the Shelby Street Bridge in Nashville. The cause of her death remains undetermined. Law enforcement has been told that Fryar has a history of drug addiction. Zaylee's whereabouts are still unknown.

There is currently an active AMBER Alert on Zaylee. Anyone with information is urged to call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

http://www.wksr.com/wksr.php?rfc=src/article.html&id=27540

**Twiglet** Mon May 23, 2011 1:01 am

Clarksville Online

20 May 2011

TBI offers Reward Money for Information leading to cause of Mother’s Death and Infant’s Whereabouts

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2011/05/20/tbi-offers-reward-money-for-information-leading-to-cause-of-mothers-death-and-infants-whereabouts/

**Twiglet** Sat May 28, 2011 12:31 am

The Tennessean

26 May 2011

Missing baby's mom led trouble-filled life, but girl was her 'everything'

Zaylee Grace Fryar was born five months ago to a mother with a long history of drug addiction and abusive boyfriends.

In Zaylee’s first days of life, her mom was beaten by Zaylee’s biological father, police said.

The mother and daughter were homeless, couch-surfing from her great-grandparents’ house to a motel room to a $135-a-week trailer home in Millersville. Twenty-eight-year-old Shauna Fryar had seven other children, but all had been taken out of her care by the authorities.

Then, on May 1, the mother and daughter disappeared.

Shauna left her cellphone and car keys in the trailer home where she was living with Michael Fryar, her long-estranged husband and friend. She left her late-model Honda Accord. And she left Zaylee’s diaper bag.

They were just gone.

Michael Fryar didn’t report them missing until four days later. After all, he said, Shauna had done this before — at least four times during their 12-year, on-and-off marriage.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110526/NEWS/305240062/Missing-baby-s-mom-led-trouble-filled-life-but-girl-was-her-everything-

**Twiglet** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:43 pm

News Channel 5

1 June 2011

Search For Zaylee Fryar Hits One Month Mark‎

The search for a missing infant has reached the one-month mark. Four-month-old Zaylee Fryar and her mother disappeared on May 1st.

A week later, authorities found Shauna's body in the Cumberland River, but not the baby.

"That still to this day is my concern. The baby. The welfare of the baby," said Millersville Police Chief Ronnie Williams. "I've got two children of my own, two little girls, so it touches home."

He said his officers, along with the TBI, FBI, and the National Center For Missing & Exploited Children, have devoted countless hours to the search for Zaylee.

They've scoured the Millersville mobile home park where mother and daughter were last seen. Investigators also spent several days searching the waters of the Cumberland River, but never saw any signs of the baby.

Family members are holding out hope that she's alive.

"I'm not going to give up, because I want to find out where she is," said Zaylee's father, Thurman McMurry. "I don't call her Zaylee, I call her my angel."

Police have said McMurry is not a suspect, because he was in jail when Zaylee and Shauna went missing. McMurry believes someone out there knows something about his daughter's whereabouts.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14823980/search-for-zaylee-fryar-hits-one-month-mark

**Twiglet** Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:09 am

News Channel 5

13 July 2011

Governor Offers Rewards In 3 Missing Persons Cases‎

Governor Bill Haslam announced Wednesday that his office is offering rewards for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, and conviction of the people involved in three separate missing persons cases.....
.... $5,000 is being offered in Zaylee Grace Fryar's case, a Millersville 3-month old missing since early May. She and her mother, Shauna Fryar, were last seen at her home in Millersville on May 1. They were reported missing on May 5.

Shauna's body was recovered from the Cumberland River days later. An Amber Alert was issued for Zaylee Grace Fryar on May 10.

If you have any information on any of these cases, you're asked to call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND .

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15076783/governor-offers-rewards-in-3-missing-persons-cases

**pam supportfromireland** Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:25 am

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