North Canton, Ohio – A pregnant woman vanished from her home, leaving behind broken furniture, a pool of bleach on the floor and just one witness – a 2-year-old son who told police, “Mommy’s crying. … Mommy’s in the rug.”
Investigators would not elaborate on the meaning of the child’s statements, but a bed comforter was missing from Jessie Davis’ home.
Authorities said Monday that they had no suspects in the disappearance of Davis, 26, who is nine months pregnant.
Davis’ mother, Patricia Porter, was the last person to have a conversation with Davis when she spoke to her daughter Wednesday by phone.
Police and 60 to 70 volunteers searched over the weekend but found no leads.
Porter, 60, discovered the toddler alone when she went to check on her daughter Friday morning. The home’s sliding patio door was unlocked, and Davis’ car was still at the duplex.
Investigators said the father of the boy and Davis’ unborn baby is a police patrolman who is estranged from his wife.
Rick Perez, chief deputy at the Stark County Sheriff’s Department, would not comment on the relationship between Canton police patrolman Bobby Cutts Jr. and Davis. Perez said Cutts and his estranged wife are among those cooperating with investigators. Cutts, 30, and his wife also had at least one child together.
Porter said that when she didn’t hear from her daughter Thursday, she went to Davis’ home near this northeast Ohio city and found her grandson, Blake, wearing a dirty diaper.
The mattress in Davis’ bedroom was partially off the bed, a night stand and lamp had been knocked over, and bleach was on the bedroom floor, Porter said.
Davis’ son later told detectives, “Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the table. Mommy’s in the rug.” Items from Davis’ purse were scattered on the kitchen floor.
Davis’ cellphone also is missing, investigators said.
Davis is employed by Allstate Insurance at a call center in nearby Hudson, company spokesman Mike Siemienas said Monday.
Neighbors reported they did not notice anything suspicious before the disappearance, Perez said.
