Sister Of Missing Indiana Mother Kelly Armstrong Calls For Help

The sister of a missing mother of one from Kokomo, Ind., says she fears for her sister's safety and is appealing to the public for help.

The missing woman, Kelly Armstrong, 27, has not been seen for about six weeks, said her sister, Shelly Rush of Logansport.

"We have gone several weeks in the past without talking, so I thought maybe she is just doing her thing, working, whatever," Rush told The Huffington Post. "But as time went on with no contact, I realized something was wrong."

Armstrong and her boyfriend, Travis Funke, live together with their eighteen-month-old child. According to Rush, she has reached out to Funke several times but has been unable to get a definitive answer as to her sister's whereabouts.

"Her boyfriend always has an excuse," Rush said. "He will say she is out and about with so-and-so, and he can't get a hold of them, or that she is working, but he's not sure where. It is a different answer every time."

After visiting her sister's local hangouts and talking to her friends and neighbors, Rush came to the conclusion that nobody has seen Armstrong in about six weeks. Rush said that she sent the Kokomo Police Department to her sister's home to conduct a welfare check. When they were unable to make contact with Armstrong, Rush filed a missing person report.

"The police are over there now waiting on a search warrant because he is not answering the phone or door and they have a one-and-a-half-year-old baby," she said. "They're trying to figure out, because he is on house arrest, where he could have gone."

Calls made today by The Huffington Post to a number listed for Armstrong and Funke went unanswered.

Kokomo police declined to discuss the case.

"I don't have any information for you at all. I can't confirm anything at this point," Officer Dave Trine told The Huffington Post.

Armstrong has auburn hair and brown eyes. She is 5'2" tall and weighs approximately 120 pounds.

"My sister is very loved and missed," Rush said. "She is not one to go this long without reaching out to her family."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kokomo police at 765-459-5101.

TOP STORIES FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:

Comments

[Concerned in Indiana]

03:13 PM on 10/04/2011

Here's what I want to know.... Do they have any leads? I mean really how long has it been? They arrested the boyfriend for escape, but what was he escaping from? If he didn't do it then why run? I'm just saying that if he didn't do anything to this women then what the hell is going on? I'm a 22 year old and sometimes I just like hanging by myself. Is there a concern for public safety. Do I need to go get me something like a tazer? Seriously people just don't disappear.
If she has been missing for 6 weeks, how come the boyfriend didn't inform the family or the police? Just Saying!

[Tiffany Gerber]

05:17 PM on 09/30/2011

For everyone who is concerned and wondering, which I'm sure is all, the baby is fine and unharmed. I cannot give more info than that but the child is safe.

[ssew6482]

02:03 PM on 09/29/2011

In Indiana the police were given the right to go into your home WITHOUT a search warrant. Why are they not excercising that right in this case?? And "trying" to figure out where he has gone. He's on house arrest for Gods sake........geesh I hope that girl and her baby are ok. I sure would like to know the outcome of this one.

[ringerang8]

03:15 PM on 09/28/2011

Here is how you get in. Instead of waiting for search warrents, and all that other red tape . You go to the house, you call the fire department and tell them no one has been answering the phone or the door and there is a baby in the house . That you think that you smell gas. Possibly they all may be dead. They will come, they have to respond, and break the door down no problem......Remember this for the next time, you may need it someday.

[ehedge6969]

01:32 PM on 09/28/2011

Maybe before he went on house arrest, they argued about his crime, and he commited the ultimate crime on her? What about the baby? Maybe he snapped? Did the cops do a thorough search of the house, including the basement, or did they just go there? There are way too many questions here, and I hope the best for this girls family. Maybe she just got away from the guy for awhile. On a positive note, Jebus is looking after her, although she does look like that new stripper at the firecracker strip club. Doh!! Luv, Homer S.

[dlpclp]

11:10 AM on 10/19/2011

whre is the firecracker strip club? this is a relative and I would like to check that out. thank you

[Wendy Stewart]

12:57 PM on 09/28/2011

Sadly, we know what the outcome will be in this case. What a shame. God bless this woman and her child.

[ConnieJF]

10:49 AM on 09/28/2011

6 weeks??? Does she have a job? What are they living on? Are there any other relatives besides just the sister? Too many unanswered questions.

[bnkcrdinc]

10:30 AM on 09/28/2011

If this clown is on house arrest, and won't answer the door or phone,and with the circumstances of this missing woman don,t the cops have the right to enter the home ? By the way I wonder what he's on house arrest for? Might get in the way for the cops donut time?

[oceanview136]

10:20 AM on 09/28/2011

The sister shold not have waited 6 weeks to contact the police. If her boyfriend killed her, he has had plenty of time to dispose of her body! We dont even know at this point, if the 18 month old child is OK. If this boyfriend is on "house arrest" and he is NOT there, why do you have to wait for a search warrant ??

[cpbusygirl]

10:06 AM on 09/28/2011

It does seem that crimes against women are up. And not just wives and girlfriends that are missing, but young girls too. I have read about 4 different teenagers that have gone missing in the last 3 months two which have been found murdered and the suspects have been the mother’s husband or live in boyfriends. And there are the two young ladies that have gone missing for night clubs in Philly and Denver areas. It makes me worry about my daughter and her friends and wonder what their futures hold for them.
There are fewer and fewer good men out there. They are an endangered species too.

[Dross Cool]

10:01 AM on 09/28/2011

LET ME TALK WITH HIM

[shynystn]

10:01 AM on 09/28/2011

This story has eery similarities to the Casey Anthony case..

[averyleigh2083]

12:17 PM on 09/28/2011

Yes, especially if they don't know whether or not he has the baby or if the baby's missing too. It may just not be in the article.

[Dross Cool]

09:59 AM on 09/28/2011

GRAB THIS PUNK AND MAKE HIM TALK, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

[radarloveu2]

11:34 AM on 09/28/2011

um.... I think your caps are stuck,please don't hurt me I am just a little doggy

[rsttho557949]

09:55 AM on 09/28/2011

The usual suspects are always a husband or boy friend. Unless she has a history of somemental disorder, woman just don't usually away from a needy child. The diea that she left to be with another man is possible but not likely; most men do not want the responisblity of a crying bay to interfer with the romance...especially another man's baby. Most people need money to survive and if there is no activity on a bacnk card for weeks, it doesn't look good that she is still alive. But, itsvery difficult for a murderer to get away with taking someone's life nowadays. Its just a matter of time if the boy friend walks or is dragged to jail

[radarloveu2]

11:39 AM on 09/28/2011

A regular sherlock holmes !!!!!

[slloyd414]

09:47 AM on 09/28/2011

Home incarceration is a joke.