A search is underway for a Minnesota mother-of-two who has been missing for nearly a week, after she was last seen dropping off her kids at daycare before returning home.
Winona Police said they consider the disappearance of Madeline Kingsbury, 26, “involuntary” and “suspicious” and they are investigating whether foul play was involved.
Kingsbury was last seen on Friday when she dropped off her two children, ages 5 and 2, at daycare with the father of her kids at 8 a.m., Winona Police Department Chief Tom Williams said in a news conference Wednesday.
She returned to her home in Winona around 8:15 a.m. The father of Kingsbury’s children told police he left Kingsbury’s residence in her van around 10 a.m. and when he returned later in the day, Kingsbury was not home.
Williams said a van matching the description of Kingsbury’s vehicle — a 2014 dark blue Chrysler Town and County minivan — was seen driving on County Road 12 and Highway 43 in Winona County, southbound on Highway 43 through the eastern part of Fillmore County, and back to Winona on Highway 43 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
However, it’s not clear who was driving the vehicle.
The van is believed to have remained parked in the driveway of Kingsbury’s residence from 1:30 p.m. onwards.
“Nothing to date has indicated that Maddie left the residence on foot or in another vehicle,” Williams said.
Police said investigators searched the van and residence and inside the home found her phone, the jacket she was wearing earlier that morning, her wallet and ID.
“Based on the investigation, we know that the children were dropped off at the daycare and the van returned home. Based on that, the investigation is still open and ongoing as to what happened upon returning home,” Williams said.
Police said that Kingsbury failed to show up for work on March 31st and didn’t answer any calls or message from friends and family. She also failed to pick up her children from daycare that afternoon and didn’t…
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