Authorities are still searching for Ella Goodie, a Scott, Louisiana woman who has been missing for two months.
Goodie was last seen by her family on March 9, when she headed to Texas to drop off a rideshare customer. Police said her car was seen 12 hours later coming back into Louisiana. Since then, authorities found Goodie's car and located a person of interest in her disappearance.
Louisiana State Police announced last week the 32-year-old's disappearance was being investigated as a homicide.
Here's what we know about her disappearance and the investigation:
When was Ella Goodie last seen?
Goodie has not been seen or heard from by her family since March 9. Goodie, a mother of two, is from Scott, Louisiana, a small town in Lafayette Parish about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge.
Her sister-in-law posted in a now-deleted Facebook post that Goodie was driving for a rideshare company and was headed to Texas to drop off a customer.
Scott Police Chief Chad Leger said Goodie's 2012 Audi Q5 was seen on Interstate 10 driving toward Texas. About 12 hours later, traffic cameras saw her vehicle coming back into Louisiana. But the next day the vehicle was located back in Texas, North of Dallas, KLFY reported.
The car was eventually found on April 1 in St. Joseph, Missouri, which is about 55 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri, near the Kansas-Missouri state line. It was found by the city's police department.
Louisiana State Police announced on May 3 that detectives and investigators would transition from a missing person's case to a homicide investigation "based on investigative techniques and witness statements."
Authorities announced Brandon Francisco as a person of interest in Goodie's disappearance.
Scott Police Chief Chad Leger said in a release that Francisco was thought to be the last person to have contact with Goodie.
Francisco has a warrant out for his arrest for failure to appear in Rapides Parish, Leger said. The warrant was issued the same day Goodie was last seen.
He was arrested by U.S. Marshals on March 25 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the same place Goodie's car was found.
Francisco was wanted on an active warrant from Rapides Parish unrelated to Goodie's case.
The warrant was issued after Francisco failed to appear for a March 9 hearing. Prosecutors wanted the Mansura man's bond revoked in connection with a 2018 shooting case.
Authorities are searching for Ella Goodie, a Scott, Louisiana, woman who has been missing since March 9.
He also was charged by Missouri authorities with unlawful possession of a firearm, according to court records. Francisco was denied bond on March 26 after a Missouri judge ruled he "is a danger to the community and no conditions of release will secure the community's safety," according to court records.
The 36-year-old has since been extradited to Rapides Parish, according to jail records. His bond is set at $1 million.
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