IN IN - Ciera Breland Locklair 31, last seen in GA, POI husband Xavier Breland Jr, Carmel, 25 Feb 2022

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Thanks @FrostedGlass and @legalmomma for the court updates. Much appreciated.

Obviously continuing legal issues going on here for XB and his family, but still no further information regarding Ciera's disappearance. IMO the silence regarding her whereabouts is most unfortunate.

Still no MSM reports that I've seen regarding XB or anyone in his family assisting with searches for Ciera.
 
X's dates have been rescheduled:
11/02/2023Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session: 08/03/2023 2:30 PM, Rescheduled
Session: 11/02/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345 - formal, in person
Result: Commenced and concluded
12/28/2023Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session: 12/28/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345 - formal, in person
01/08/2024Jury Trial
Session: 01/08/2024 8:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345

Her custody hearing date is still the same
01/05/2024Hearing on Petition to Establish Guardianship
Session: 01/05/2024 10:30 AM, Judicial Officer: Hahn, Valorie S - MAG
Comment: 3D (by zoom)
 
This case infuriates me to no end. JUSTICE FOR CIERA I’m so so sorry for her loved ones :(
How are we supposed to believe that love and goodness prevails when lights like hers are snuffed out like they are nothing :(
 

…Details regarding the level of cooperation from Xavier Breland's mother, with whom Ciera was last seen, remain unclear in the ongoing investigation…

…Family members believe Ciera was biding her time for a suitable opportunity to make her move. However, that moment never materialized. Subsequently, Ciera's parents have been granted custody of the couple's child, adding another layer of complexity to the ongoing investigation into Ciera Breland's disappearance. …
 
Update for him. I wonder who the non-parties are?
12/27/2023Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (1 of 5). ew
12/27/2023Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (2 of 5). ew
12/27/2023Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (3 of 5). ew
12/27/2023Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (4 of 5). ew
12/27/2023Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (5 of 5). ew
12/28/2023Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session: 12/28/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345 - formal, in person
Result: Commenced and concluded
12/28/2023Hearing Scheduling Activity
Evidentiary Hearing scheduled for 02/01/2024 at 11:00 AM.
01/08/2024CANCELED Jury Trial
Reason: Other
Session: 01/08/2024 8:30 AM, Cancelled
Comment: MAC 345
02/01/2024Evidentiary Hearing
Session: 02/01/2024 11:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345
 
XB has only had these hearings/conference:

02/09/2023
Initial Hearing

Session:02/09/2023 1:15 PM, Judicial Officer: Hill, Chadwick P. MAG
Result:Commenced and concluded
02/10/2023
Order on Initial Hearing
St appears by DPA Singleton, Def appears on video and counsel Desando appears for Def. Def gives updated address. Def requests pauper counsel and the Court finds that the Def is indigent and appoints Michael Bozoian as pauper counsel. Bail set at $100,000. Court finds that there was probable cause for the arrest of the Def. Court informs the Def of the following dates in open Court: Pretrial hearing: 05-01-23 at 9:00am; Jury trial: 06-12-23 at 8:30am. Def is remanded to the custody of the Hamilton County Sheriff. ss
Judicial Officer:Hill, Chadwick P. MAG
Noticed:Breland, Xavier Valencio
Noticed:Garrison, J. Gregory
Noticed:Bozoian, Michael D.
Order Signed:02/09/2023

05/01/2023
Pretrial Conference

Session:05/01/2023 9:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Result:Commenced and concluded
05/05/2023
Order on Pretrial Conference
Cause confirmed for jury trial on June 12, 2023 at 8:30am and Final PTC for June 1, 2023 at 2:30pm. ss
Noticed:Garrison, J. Gregory
Noticed:Bozoian, Michael D.
Noticed:Woods, James A
Order Signed:05/05/2023

06/01/2023
Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session:06/01/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment:MAC 345 - formal, in person
Result:Commenced and concluded

11/02/2023
Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session:08/03/2023 2:30 PM, Rescheduled
Session:11/02/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment:MAC 345 - formal, in person
Result:Commenced and concluded

12/27/2023
Praecipe for Transcript Filed
Request for CD of Hearing filed by non-party (1 of 5). ew
File Stamp:12/27/2023
 
The attorneys on this case:
29D01-2211-F4-007914

State:
J. Gregory Garrison [Hamilton County Prosecutor]
Michael D. Bozoian

Defense:
Juan Pablo Roman-Lagunas [Lead, Retained]
Samuel Lloyd Fife [Retained]
Tom Franklin Hirschauer III [Retained]
 
-Xavier recorded on neighbor's ring doorbell footage driving his wife's VW Tiguan with her dog in the passenger seat on the day he and supposedly Ciera drive back to Indiana from Georgia
-Phone records show Ciera (or her phone) was last at the Chatahoochee River "for an extended amount of time" (per detective), a mile from Xavier's mom's house
-Six days into her disappearance there's a search for her in the river; nothing found
-Then they found surveillance footage placing Ciera at X mom's home on Wednesday, Feb 23, at 7:17.
-Got evidence from her home. No details yet as it is active investigation.
I am confused about the timeline.
-Surveillance video places Ciera, apparently not in distress, in front of Xavier's mom's house on Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022.
-Xavier, the dog, and the baby left for Indiana the evening of Thursday Feb 24. Was she in the car when the left?
-Her phone spent time at the Chattahoochee River, near Xavier's mom's house. When? Did the phone return to Indiana? Have Xavier or his mom said why the phone might have been near the river?
-Various surveillance videos along the way show the car stopping for gas, but only show Xavier, not Ciera. Did they show the baby? Someone would have had to take the baby out for diaper changes. If the camera missed this, Ciera could have been in the car and changed the baby at points when by chance the car was not in front of a camera? Do we have any phone evidence that shows their path?
-Xavier claims they arrived on Friday Feb 25. (Do we have video evidence of when?)
-Xavier claims Ciera left late in the evening on Feb 25.
-Some time Saturday, Xavier calls the police and reports Ciera missing. He sounds genuinely concerned, but that's probably an act.
-Xavier tells his kids from a previous marriage that someone kidnapped Ciera and she's not coming back. When is this video call?

The fact that the police know where her phone was and have video of the car along the way makes me think they ought to be able to piece together what happened.
 
Update
12/28/2023Final PreTrial Hearing/Conference
Session: 12/28/2023 2:30 PM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345 - formal, in person
Result: Commenced and concluded
12/28/2023Hearing Scheduling Activity
Jury Trial scheduled for 01/08/2024 at 8:30 AM was cancelled. Reason: Other.
12/28/2023Hearing Scheduling Activity
Evidentiary Hearing scheduled for 02/01/2024 at 11:00 AM.
12/29/2023Order on Hearing
Order of December 28, 2023. Defendant fails to appear, re-arrest warrant issued. Discovery Hearing set for February 1, 2024 at 11:00am. Copy to sheriff via court mail. jp
Noticed: Garrison, J. Gregory
Noticed: Woods, James A
Noticed: Fife, Samuel Lloyd
Noticed: Hirschauer, Tom Franklin III
Noticed: Roman-Lagunas, Juan Pablo
Order Signed: 12/28/2023
12/29/2023Warrant or Writ of Attmnt for the Body of a Person Issued
12/29/2023Bond Forfeiture Processed by Clerk
Clerks Notice of Defendant's Failure to Appear mailed to Universal Fire & James Woods.
12/29/2023Order Issued
Order Limiting Use of Court Record and Barring its Broadcast or Dissemination entered. jp
Noticed: Garrison, J. Gregory
Noticed: Fife, Samuel Lloyd
Noticed: Hirschauer, Tom Franklin III
Noticed: Roman-Lagunas, Juan Pablo
Order Signed: 12/29/2023
01/08/2024CANCELED Jury Trial
Reason: Other
Session: 06/12/2023 8:30 AM, Rescheduled
Session: 08/14/2023 8:30 AM, Rescheduled
Session: 11/13/2023 8:30 AM, Rescheduled
Session: 01/08/2024 8:30 AM, Cancelled
Comment: MAC 345
02/01/2024Evidentiary Hearing
Session: 02/01/2024 11:00 AM, Judicial Officer: Casati, Michael A.
Comment: MAC 345
 

The presiding judge issued a re-arrest warrant and canceled the scheduled Jan. 8 jury trial, as law enforcement tracks down his whereabouts, according to the court docket.
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Ciera was last seen driving away from her father’s home in John’s Creek, Georgia, on February 24, 2022. Xavier Breland reported her missing a few days later, telling investigators he last saw her in Carmel, Indiana.

He told investigators that Ciera walked to a store on February 26, 2022, in below-freezing temperatures. He claimed she left wearing shorts while leaving her wallet and cell phone at home.

Ciera’s mother, Kelly Locklair, said although the baby and the couple’s other children are safe, she fears her daughter is “gone.” She said that Ciera was afraid of her estranged husband and was desperate to leave Indiana and get away from him.

“She’s definitely gone,” Locklair said. “That was the first thing my husband said when police called after (Xavier) reported her missing, and the officer said she had walked away without bringing the baby. She wouldn’t even take a shower and let anybody else watch the baby.”
 

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