WASHINGTON - A college student from New York City rode a bus to Washington, D.C. on May 1 and, aside from a mysterious phone call for help, hasn't been heard from since.
Now, more than a month later, her family is desperate to find her. TiJae Baker, 23, an artist and art student, had gone down to D.C.
to make posters for a woman she had met online, her family said, WABC-TV in New York City reported. Tijae Baker, 23, has been missing for more than a month after she left her home in New York City for Washington, D.C. (NYPD) Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherShe was supposed to arrive at Union Station in the nation's capital but never contacted her mother, who she lives with, or any other members of her family. "My baby is out there, and traumatized and scared," her mother, Toquanna Baker, told WCBS-TV in New York.
Her mother said her daughter usually calls and texts every day whether she's at home or not. Her grandmother, Roxanne Baker, said on June 1 TiJae had pleaded in a whispered phone call from a Maryland nail salon for "her mother to come get her – now." MISSING LA HIKER'S BODY FOUND WITH EMACIATED DOG BY HIS SIDEToquanna Baker also said the family received surveillance video of the salon that purportedly showed the college student pacing inside the business.