Ciera Breland disappearance: Husband’s lawyer says case will stall if cops focus on him

An Indiana mom is still missing a twelvemonth aft she vanished nan aforesaid week that she reportedly planned connected leaving her husband, who constabulary said is still a personification of liking successful her disappearance.

Ciera Breland, 31, hasn't been seen since 7:17 p.m. connected Feb. 24, 2022, erstwhile a surveillance camera recorded her extracurricular her mother-in-law's location successful Johns Creek, Georgia, for a delivery.

Since then, location person been respective targeted searches and grounds was collected wrong her mother-in-law's home, but constabulary said location weren't immoderate updates, arsenic of Tuesday, though nan investigation is "very active."

Breland's husband, Xavier Breland, remains a "person of interest" successful nan case, according to police, but nary charges person been revenge against him successful relationship pinch Ciera's disappearance. 

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Ciera Breland smiling for a photograph against different person's shoulder. She was past seen leaving her mother-in-law's location pinch her hubby and boy connected February 24 successful Johns Creek, GA. (Courtesy: Ciera Breland's Family)

Xavier's lawyer, Bryan Howard, told Fox News Digital, "There won't beryllium immoderate activity successful this lawsuit if they only attraction connected him. He didn't do anything."

Xavier reported his woman missing connected Feb. 26, 2022, from their Carmel, Indiana location and told constabulary that she near their location astir 10 p.m. nan nighttime before, perchance to spell to a section CVS, and ne'er returned.

His communicative changed 2 days later erstwhile he told his stepchildren "that personification took her" and vowed to find her during an affectional Zoom telephone that was shared pinch Fox News Digital.

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"Somebody kidnapped my wife," he told 1 of his kids astatine nan extremity of nan call. "You cognize what it intends erstwhile you kidnap an adult? She's not coming home, bud."

Xavier Breland, 37, was being held successful Coweta County Jail successful Georgia connected unrelated charges of aggravated stalking, violating an bid of protection issued for home unit and making harassing telephone calls, according to tribunal records.  (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)

The FBI has said there's nary grounds Ciera ever came backmost to Indiana from their travel to Georgia, wherever she was visiting family pinch Xavier, their 5-month-old babe and their dog.

Her mom, Kelly Locklair, said her girl had nary volition of returning to Indiana. 

The mates stayed pinch Xavier's mother from Feb. 14, 2022 to Feb. 24, 2022, which was revealed successful tribunal documents from a civilian conflict betwixt Xavier's mom and Xavier's sister that were obtained by Fox News Digital.

Law enforcement trim nan carpet and mattress successful Xavier's mom's location connected April 21, 2022 arsenic portion of their search, according to tribunal documents from nan familial civilian dispute. 

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Photo of Ciera Breland successful her car. She was past seen leaving her mother-in-law's location pinch her hubby and boy connected February 24 astatine Johns Creek, GA. (Courtesy: Ciera Breland's Family)

Ciera’s mysterious disappearance is portion of a documentary connected Investigation Discovery, successful which her family said she was making plans to time off Xavier, but she was worried he would get associated custody of their babe if they sewage a divorce. 

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Her family has been concerned since she went missing because she near down her son, her beloved dog, individual phone, activity telephone and a burner phone, arsenic good arsenic her ID and in installments cards.

Family members person said that she had nan burner telephone to interaction them successful lawsuit of an emergency.

Ciera Breland holding her canine while taking a selfie. She was past seen leaving her mother-in-law's location pinch her hubby and boy connected February 24 astatine Johns Creek, GA. (Courtesy: Ciera Breland's Family)

Xavier has a criminal history that includes a felony burglary complaint condemnation successful 2005. 

On Feb. 28, 2022, 2 days aft he reported Ciera missing, he was deed pinch an unrelated weapons complaint for "an accidental discharge of a firearm" successful his home, according to tribunal documents. 

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Police discovered he had an outstanding warrant for aggravated stalking in Coweta County, Georgia, wherever he was accused of hiding a locator wrong his daughter’s stuffed animal to way his ex-wife during a custody battle. 

A jury cleared him of those charges successful August 2022, and he was extradited from Georgia backmost to Hamilton County, Indiana connected nan weapons complaint past month. 

A missing personification filer for Ciera Breland. She was past seen leaving her mother-in-law's location pinch her hubby and boy connected Feb. 24, 2022, astatine Johns Creek, GA.  (Courtesy: True Crime Replay, which runs The Missing Alliance Podcast)

He has since posted enslaved and told nan judge astatine his proceeding that he "wants to get his life back."

True Crime Replay, a nonprofit focused connected helping survivors of crime and families of missing persons, has been moving pinch Ciera's family for nan past twelvemonth by spearheading consciousness campaigns and creating missing personification flyers.

Gabby Morgan, who heads nan nonprofit, said connected her podcast The Missing Alliance, "Families are nan unsung trauma victims successful nan world of missing personification and existent crime."

"Ciera's parents person not only nan load of having nary answers to their daughter's disappearance, but of besides caring for her son," Morgan said. "We won't extremity until we find what happened to Ciera."

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There's a $10,000 reward for accusation successful nan case. Anyone pinch specifications astir it is asked to telephone nan Johns Creek Police Department astatine 678-372-8046, nan Carmel Police Department astatine 317-571-2580, Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana astatine 317-262-TIPS (8477), nan Georgia Bureau of Investigation extremity statement astatine 1-800-597-TIPS (8477) aliases nan FBI astatine 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324).