MOUNT DORA, Fla.—A Mount Dora woman has been missing for a week and her daughter wants answers, she told Inside Lake Thursday.
Nicole H. Baldwin was last seen at her home in Lancaster at Loch Leven off County Road 44 in Mount Dora around 11:30 p.m. Nov. 2 after celebrating her daughter Alisha’s 20th birthday, Alisha told Inside Lake. Alisha lives at the home with her mother and other family members and said when she returned home Saturday, she found out her mother was missing.
Baldwin’s personal belongings were still in the home when Alisha realized she was missing, including her phone, Apple watch, purse, debit card and all her shoes and there has been no contact with her three children, or any friends Alisha has reached out to. The phone has been turned over to Mount Dora Police Department, she said, and MDPD posted a missing person crime bulletin earlier this week, asking for the public’s assistance to locate her. Inside Lake reached out to MDPD Thursday and city spokesperson Misty Sommer said there are currently no updates.
Alisha said a man her mother is dating had her car after she disappeared, and he has since returned it to Alisha. There has not been any activity on any of her credit cards and no large cash withdrawals, prior to, or after she disappeared. She feels like someone knows something they have not revealed yet and she wants answers.
Baldwin has taken some time to herself in the past, Alisha said, but never like this.
“She would never leave me in the dark like this,” Alisha told Inside Lake. “She just vanished into thin air.”
Alisha said Baldwin had plans and things to do, including toner to dye her hair and it just does not make sense that she would disappear—especially without letting anyone know she was OK.
If you have information on Baldwin’s whereabouts, call MDPD at 352-735-7130.
