A house in the outskirts of Atlanta was raided by the FBI and several local police departments on Thursday in connection with Morgan Bauer’s disappearance.
The house in question is located on South Broad Street in the Atlanta suburb of Porterdale, and authorities say they retrieved ‘items of evidentiary interest.’ Police say they don’t know how long it will take to complete the search due to the size of the property.
New information prompted the search, but authorities did not reveal any additional details.
The current owner of the property, who did not live there at the time of Morgan’s disappearance, is said to be cooperating with investigators.
The raid included police from the Porterdale Police Department, Atlanta Police Department, Newton County Sheriff’s Office, Newton County District Attorney’s Office, and members from the Peoria, Illinois Police Department. It is unknown why Illinois police were present.
19-year-old Morgan Bauer was last seen in Atlanta, Georgia on February 25, 2016. She disappeared shortly after leaving her hometown of Aberdeen, South Dakota to start life in Atlanta.
The Disappearance of Morgan Bauer
Morgan Aryn Bauer was born on April, 13, 1996, in Memphis, Tennessee to mother Sherri Keenan. In 2014, Bauer graduated from Central High School in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
At the time of her disappearance, Morgan had recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she was staying in different motels and working as an exotic dancer.
Disappearance
On February 12, 2016, Morgan Bauer left her hometown of Aberdeen, South Dakota. She caught a ride with a friend to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she then took a flight to Atlanta, Georgia.
Upon arriving in Atlanta, Morgan stayed the night at the house of a man she had met online through Craigslist. She had arranged to do house chores for the man in exchange for rent until she found a job.
Those arrangements fell through on her second day in Atlanta, and Morgan was asked to leave. For the next few days Morgan found herself moving between various motels and working as an exotic dancer at a strip club in Gainesville, Georgia
On February 25, 2016, Morgan applied for a job at Tease, a strip club on Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta, Georgia.
On February 27, 2016, Morgan was last seen at a Citgo gas station at 3251 Highway 278 in Covington, Georgia.
Morgan hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
On March 12, 2016, her mother filed a missing persons report with the Atlanta Police Department when she could not contact her daughter.
Investigation
Morgan Bauer kept in close touch with her friends and family after she left South Dakota, and regularly posted on social media until February 25. Her phone record and social media have had no activity since she disappeared. Her phone has since died or been turned off.
On February 27, 2016, Morgan’s phone last pinged to a location in Porterdale, Georgia, where one of her coworkers and her boyfriend lived.
Upon being questioned by authorities, the couple stated that they dropped Morgan off at a Citgo gas station in Covington, Georgia on February 27, where she was last seen getting into a green Mitsubishi Eclipse car.
Both Morgan and the coworker had applied for a job at Tease on the same day, and Morgan reportedly offered to buy the woman her Adult Entertainment License which was required for exotic dancers in Atlanta.
In February 2022 police learned that Bauer’s last sighting was on February 26, when she posted a video of herself on Instagram walking in Porterdale Yellow River Park. The park is located less than a mile from the property that is currently being raided.
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