Thursday marked four years since a Marion County woman went missing. There are still few answers as to why Kara Tingle disappeared, still her family has never lost hope.
On Thursday loved ones gathered at the Gravel Switch Baptist Church in her memory.
Their hands were held in hope, as balloons flew high to the sky. They are a family linked together with love for Kara.
“Hoping that she can write back on the balloon and send it back, tell us where she is at,” said Kara’s son, Austin. It’s a wish he won’t ever stop making. Austin was only seven, and his sister a newborn, when their Mother mysteriously disappeared on this day four years ago.
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“She loved her family deeply and she would not ever want us to give up,” said Kara’s Mother, Sheila Tingle. She and her husband never stopped looking for their daughter, and when he died two months ago, finding Kara was his final wish.
“It’s just like if someone come in and stole your heart, and you’re not going to stop looking for your heart are you?” said Sheila.
With heavy hearts and determination, family gathered at Kara’s favorite place in her favorite color, over her Father’s grave. “We are saying we love you, we miss you. And please come home and help us find the answers that we need,” said Sheila.
They are answers that family feels are out there. At the time Kara vanished she was on the “outs” with her estranged husband, Bobby Rigdon, who is in jail for the murder of a Casey County man. No one has been charged with her disappearance, however this family has faith someone will speak up, someday.
“You know we just pray to God every night that that’s what happens,” said Sheila. Prayers that this is the last anniversary where they walk away waiting.
“I hope she can come home,” said Austin.
There is a $12,500 reward for anyone who can give information that leads to finding Kara.
