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Police are asking for the public’s help to find a pregnant woman who went missing last month in Beaumont.
Cajairah Jae Fraise, 22, was reported missing Feb. 23, one day after she walked away from her parents while at a Jack in the Box located at 89 Beaumont Avenue a little before 11 p.m., the Beaumont Police Department said. She was 35 weeks pregnant and is either close to giving birth or may have already done so, police said.
She was initially listed as a voluntary missing adult but is now considered “critical missing.”
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The police department said detectives have scoured the area in search of Fraise, using drones to aid their search. They’ve also handed out bulletins to local agencies and posted bulletins online.
“At this time, Detectives also expanded efforts to distribute information to hospitals, clinics, mental health facilities, shelters and other organizations in Riverside County, San Bernardino County, and Nevada,” the BPD wrote in a press release.
The department said Fraise’s family is not cooperating with detectives in providing additional information that could help find her.
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Kay Fraise, the woman's mother, disputed the police's characterization.
"Cajairah’s family provided detectives all information on social media posts, friends, cell phone records, phone numbers to family members, distributed her missing person flyer through social media with paid advertisements, placed flyers throughout the city of Beaumont on posts and inside local businesses, contacted hospitals daily, motels daily, mental health hospitals," the family said in a statement. "Additionally, Cajairah’s family searched by foot the fields behind Jack in the Box, with dogs and manually posted flyers the same day that the search was conducted by the Beaumont PD drones on 3/7. Cajairah’s family searched the area by car many days and stood in front of local businesses giving out flyers."
The statement continued: "Cajairah’s family has cooperated 100% with Beaumont detectives within their ability to do so."
Fraise is Black, stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs around 154 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black shawl, black hoodie, gray sweatpants and black slip-on shoes. She resided in Moreno Valley with her parents, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Beaumont Police Department at 951-769-8500. Information can also be reported anonymously at crimetips@beaumontpd.org. Anyone who finds Fraise or believes they have seen her is asked to call 911.
