{"id":374018,"date":"2021-11-29T23:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indiana-mom-searches-for-missing-daughter-lateche-norris\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T23:26:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:26:53","slug":"indiana-mom-searches-for-missing-daughter-lateche-norris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indiana-mom-searches-for-missing-daughter-lateche-norris\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indiana mom searches for missing daughter Lateche Norris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Indiana mom searches for missing daughter Lateche Norris<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>An Indiana mother is desperately searching for her 20-year-old daughter, who vanished in California three weeks ago after getting into a fight with her boyfriend. <\/p>\n<p>Lateche Norris hasn\u2019t been heard from since she frantically called her mother, Cheryl Walker, on a stranger\u2019s phone Nov. 5 in San Diego seeking help tracking down her wayward beau. <\/p>\n<p>Norris\u2019 distraught mother has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Lateche-Norris-Missing-San-Diego-California-102261872293733\/\">since launched a social-media campaign<\/a> to try to locate her daughter \u2014 as she drew comparisons to the high-profile search for slain Long Island woman Gabby Petito. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter is just as important as Gabby Petito,\u201d Walker wrote in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shes.uniquely.stellar\">Facebook post<\/a>. \u201cAs if what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to that sweet girl wasn\u2019t heartbreaking enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petito\u2019s disappearance made national headlines after she vanished during an August road <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie. Petito was found dead in Wyoming months before Laundrie, who was the only person of interest in her death, took his own life in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Walker said her daughter left for San Diego on Nov. 1 to be with her boyfriend, Joseph \u201cJoey\u201d Smith. <\/p>\n<p>Walker claims her daughter\u2019s boyfriend had recently left a rehab facility and was living on the streets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768\" alt=\"Missing poster for Lateche Norris\" class=\"wp-image-20305810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Lateche Norris hasn\u2019t been heard from since Nov. 5.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Cheryl Walker \/ Face<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mother said the young couple, who are both aspiring tattoo artists, had been fighting the day before Norris vanished.<\/p>\n<p>Norris spoke to her mother the morning of Nov. 5 from the stranger\u2019s phone after getting into another argument with Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Walker said her daughter had asked her to send her Smith\u2019s phone number so she could find out where he was \u2014 and promised to call her right back. <\/p>\n<p>The mother said she didn\u2019t ask Norris what happened to her phone or why she couldn\u2019t remember Smith\u2019s number and was calling from the stranger\u2019s device. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI let her go so she could call him, and I say \u2018You call me back! I love you,\u2019 \u201d Walker said. \u201cThe last words my daughter said were, \u2018I will, Momma, I promise I love you more.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lateche Norris and boyfriend\" class=\"wp-image-20305826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lateche Norris and Joseph \u201cJoey\u201d Smith are both aspiring tattoo artists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The missing woman\u2019s family said they have repeatedly tried to reach Smith since Nov. 5,  but their messages are going unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Norris and Smith met earlier this year and lived together briefly in Santa Cruz over the summer, Walker said. Norris returned home to Indiana after two months before deciding to head back to California three weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>Norris\u2019 mother has accused police of not doing enough to find her daughter after she was reported missing. <\/p>\n<p>Walker claims cops told her they don\u2019t believe Norris is \u201cat risk\u201d and that they \u201csee this all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Police Department confirmed to The Post that it received a missing person\u2019s report for Norris on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Lateche Norris\" class=\"wp-image-20305851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/lateche-norris-missing-woman-san-diego-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lateche Norris\u2019 mother has launched a social-media campaign to try to locate her daughter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cops would not confirm if they were investigating her disappearance. <\/p>\n<p>Walker took aim at people on social media who have suggested her daughter was looking to be homeless or a drug addict. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter followed a troubled man out here that she loves, her spirit is a force to be reckoned with,\u201d Walker said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care what anybody says, my daughter agreeing to rough it for a few days upon arriving here, does not mean she planned on being homeless. I know her, I\u2019m not blind, and I\u2019m not na\u00efve. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter isn\u2019t an addict, she isn\u2019t a recovering addict.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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