PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind — Authorities are searching for Britney Gard, 46, who went missing last week after a fire at her Bainbridge home. Family and volunteers are asking for help and information.

Gard was last seen on Tuesday, Sept. 30. The following evening, firefighters responded to a smoke report at her home just before 8 p.m. While crews put out the fire, no one was found inside. Gard’s vehicle and purse were still at the scene.

Her sister, Stephanie Bowen, says the situation is deeply troubling.

“I’m definitely frustrated,” Bowen said Monday. “My sister doesn’t just go missing. It’s like she vanished. Disappeared. There’s no clue.”

Bowen said Gard’s teenage daughter, an eighth grader, had just finished volleyball practice and was expecting her mom to pick her up. When Gard didn’t arri

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