A woman who left her toddler with a friend in Summit County in late August is missing, and police believe she is in danger.
Capt. Dave Davis, who heads the Detective Bureau, said the friend showed up Thursday at the department to report Chantel Gentry, 21, of 16th Street NE as a missing person. The friend hadn’t heard from Gentry in more than a month.
“We did take a missing persons report from her and we are currently looking for her at this time,” Davis said Thursday afternoon. “We believe that she may be in danger due to the fact that it’s been such a long time that she’s contacted anyone.”
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They’re also looking for Brian E. Thurmond — her boyfriend and the child’s father, Davis said.
Police have a warrant for Thurmond’s arrest on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. He’s 22 with a last address of 515 Lakeview Dr., Apt. 4, in Alliance.
Davis said the warrant stems from a July 13 incident in which Gentry told police Thurmond had threatened to kill her and the baby boy and to cut off the child’s hands.
On Aug. 20, Gentry went to her friend’s home and dropped off the child, saying she had been threatened and needed to leave for a few weeks, the friend told police.
“She asked the friend to care for the baby because (Gentry) felt that the baby’s father was going to find her and the child and kill them,” Davis said.
Gentry reportedly kept in touch with the friend through text messages until Sept. 4, when the messages stopped.
Davis said the text messages never revealed where Gentry was staying.
Gentry is a white, 5 feet, 3 inches tall and about 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, Davis said.
He asked that if she knows police are looking for her that “we would appreciate her calling the police and tell us what’s going on here.”
Davis also asked that anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Gentry or Thurmond call police at 330-489-3144 or 330-649-5800.
