ZAYLEE GRACE FRYAR - 4 Months - Millersville (NE of Nashville) TN

Endangered Child Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old Girl
Updated:
May 10, 2011 10:16 AM


MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. – Police in Millersville have issued an endangered child alert for a missing four-month-old girl.
Police are looking for Zaylee Grace Fryar.
They said she was last seen with her mother, Shauna Marie Fryar on May 1
at their home in Millersville. Police said no personal belongings are
missing.
Zaylee has black hair and brown eyes and weighs 12 pounds. She also has a quarter size brown birthmark on her right leg.
Police said Shauna has a past history of drug abuse.
If you have seen Zaylee, please contact the Millersville Police Department at (615) 859-2758 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14601384/endangered-child-alert-issued-for-4-month-old-girl

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
– An Amber Alert has been issued by the TBI for a four-month-old infant
after her mother's body was found in the Cumberland River.
Police are searching for four-month-old
Zaylee Grace Fryar. She was last seen with her mother, Shauna Marie
Fryar, on Sunday, May 1 at their home in Millersville.
Metro police said the body found in the
Cumberland River on Saturday night has been identified through
fingerprints as 28-year-old Shauna Marie Fryar. Fryar was reported
missing to Millersville Police on Thursday, May 5 by her husband.
The woman's body was spotted by someone on
the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge who called 911 on Saturday night.
Dive teams recovered the body.
Dive Team Discovers Body in Cumberland
Police said there was no trauma to her body
that suggested the cause of death, which remains undetermined. Police
have also not determined whether Shauna died before entering the water.
An autopsy is underway.
Metro police have been checking the area
around the Cumberland River for Zaylee, though they said there is no
evidence at this point that she is in the water.
"If we get more information then we may put
boats in, but right now its just aerial and if it gets down to the point
where we need to use divers we will," said Metro Police Lt. Steven
Lewis.
Millersville police had originally issued an
endangered child alert for Zaylee on Monday. It was upgraded on Tuesday
after police identified Shauna's body.
Endangered Child Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old Girl
Fryar's husband, who is not Zaylee's father,
told Millersville Police that he left their apartment around 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 1, to go to the store. When he returned, his wife and Zaylee
were gone, although her vehicle, cell phone, wallet and the child's
diaper bag were still at the residence. He told police it wasn't unusual
for her to be gone for days on end.
Detectives have confirmed that Fryar and the child were fine on Saturday, April 30, when they visited a relative in Pegram.
Zaylee has black hair and brown eyes and weighs 12 pounds. She also has a quarter size brown birthmark on her right leg.
Police said Fryar has a history of drug
addiction, and that she may have been trying to obtain illegal drugs at
around the time she was last seen.
In all, police said Fryar had seven children,
including Zaylee, ranging in age from four months to 12-years who live
with other relatives.
At this point, investigators said everyone is
a suspect until they can figure out if they're dealing with an accident
or foul play.
Zaylee's father was incarcerated in the Robertson County Jail at the time mother and daughter disappeared.
If you have information about the whereabouts
of Zaylee, please contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or Metro Crime
Stoppers at 74-CRIME.http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14619391/amber-alert-issued-for-4-month-old-after-mother-found-dead?redirected=true

Ok, call me jaded but, this story sounds a little hinky to me. The husband waited 4 days to report his wife & her INFANT CHILD missing???
They weren't home when he came home from the store???
Hmmmm.........fishy I say.

Always, it sounds fishy to me also. I can think of only one reason to not report them missing.

Praying for a good outcome for the baby, fearing the worst.

May 11th, 2011

An Amber alert has been issued in Summer County, Tennessee after a dead
woman’s body was found, in the Cumberland River in Tennessee and
authorities have unsuccessfully located her four-month-old baby. On May
5, 2011, witnesses discovered the body of a woman, later identified as
28-year-old Shauna Marie Fryar, floating in the Cumberland River.
Shauna Fryar and her four-month-old daughter, Zaylee Fryar, moved from
Nashville, Tennessee to stay with her husband whom she had been
separated from, Michael Fryar, on April 29, 2011. Though Zaylee has
Michael Fryar’s last name, he is not the child’s biological father as
reports state Zaylee’s biological father is currently incarcerated.

An autopsy is underway to determine Shauna Marie Fryar’s cause of
death but early indications suggest there were no evident signs of
trauma; however, authorities suspect foul play may be involved. They
also say it is unlikely that her death was a suicide. The search has
focused on the area near the Cumberland River and has included aerial
and ground searches. Michael Fryar filed a missing person’s report on
Shauna and Zaylee on May 5, 2011 but says she and the infant went
missing on May 1, 2011. Michael Fryar told authorities that Shauna has a
long history of drug abuse and it wasn’t uncommon for her to disappear
for several days at a time.
Shauna disappeared without taking her cell phone, purse or diaper bag
leading many to believe that foul play was involved. Michael Fryar
didn’t speak to reporters, but his father, Cliff Fryar, spoke to News
Channel 5. Zaylee Fryar has black hair, brown eyes and is a bi-racial child.
She is four-months-old, weighs 12 pounds and is 24 inches long. There
is a brown birthmark, the size of a quarter on her right leg.

MILLERSVILLE, Tenn.
- One day after announcing Shauna Fryar's body had been found in the
Cumberland River, the search for her four-month-old daughter is intensifying.
Millersville Police on Wednesday questioned
anyone and everyone who knows Shauna and little Zaylee Grace Fryar.
Metro Police, meanwhile, continue to scour the waters of the Cumberland River.



Amber Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old After Mother Found Dead
From their home in Springfield, Zaylee's grandmother and aunts are holding out hope she's still alive.
"We're praying about it, praying about my grandbaby," said Sandra McMurry.
Her son, Thurman McMurry, is Zaylee's
biological father. He's not a suspect in the case because he's
currently behind bars at the Robertson County Jail, serving time on an
unrelated assault charge.
On Tuesday, Millersville police visited his
jail cell to deliver the bad news, first about Shauna's death, and then
about Zaylee's disappearance.
"I talked to him on the phone and he was
sad. He was crying and I told him, 'just think good things about the
baby, maybe she's still living,'" said McMurry.
She said Fryar and her son had dated on and
off for over a year, and that Shauna would often bring Zaylee by their
home to visit with her relatives. Their last visit came at the end of April.
"I called her every day after that and she
didn't answer the phone, and I knew something was wrong then, because
that wasn't Shauna. Shauna always answered the phone when we called," said McMurry.
Thurman McMurry is due to be released from
jail on Friday. His mother said he was looking forward to spending more time with Zaylee.
"She was a good baby, she really was," said McMurry. "And Shauna was just like my daughter."
Investigators said one of their biggest
questions right now is whether Shauna Fryar died before or after her
body hit the waters of the Cumberland River, but they won't know that
answer until her autopsy is complete.
If you have any information about Zaylee Fryar's whereabouts, call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or Crime Stoppers at 74-CRIME.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14629073/zaylee-fryars-grandmother-speaks-out

Authorities seek help in finding four-month-old girl


May. 11, 2011

Chris Echegaray


Zaylee Grace Fryar


Shauna Fryar

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a four-month-old baby whose mother’s body was found in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street bridge on Saturday.Zaylee Grace Fryar has been missing since May 1, when she disappeared with her mother, Shauna Fryar, 28, from Millersville in Sumner County. Fryar and the 12-pound baby were last seen by Fryar’s husband, Michael Fryar, that Sunday.

The mother's and baby’s personal belongings were not missing. The mother had a history of drug abuse, police said.

Metro Police Lt. Steve Lewis said people told police that they thought they saw a body floating in the river on Saturday. Authorities recovered the body late Saturday afternoon and the medical examiner’s office is looking at the cause of death. Police said there were no signs of trauma.

Metro police helicopters continue to fly over the river in search of the baby, but there is no evidence that the girl is in the water, Lewis said.“There are not a whole lot of leads,” he said.

Fryar and the baby moved to Millersville from Nashville in late April; three days later, they were missing, Millersville Police Chief Ronnie Williams said.

“Our main concern is finding the baby,” he said.

Fryar’s husband, who is not the baby’s father, reported her missing on Thursday. The husband told police he was accustomed to Fryar disappearing for days at a time.

The baby’s father is in Robertson County Jail and is not a suspect.

Fryar had seven children, including the baby. The others live with grandparents and relatives, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Millersville Police Department at 859-2758, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or Nashville Crime Stoppers at 74-CRIME.

SEVEN children and a drug abuser!!!

Someone should have educated her on birth control.

I pray this poor little baby is found safe.

Amber Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old

No One Ruled Out In Missing Baby Case

Phone Records, Facebook Posts Combed For Clues

Reported By Jonathan Martin
7:06 pm EDT May 12, 2011

With each passing day, concern is growing for the family of a 4-month-old girl whose mother turned up dead without her.

Police spent Thursday interviewing more than a dozen people, hoping to find even a bit of information that may lead to baby Zaylee Grace Fryar. They also started gathering surveillance video from businesses around Millersville, where the baby lived, and Nashville,
where Zaylee's mother was found.

"We're hoping somebody just finds her or turns her in or anything, anything that could help," said family friend Emily Schendel.

Schendel and D'andre McMurry said they wish they could answer the question so many are asking: Where is baby Zaylee?

"It's been hard on us. We don't know where she at," said McMurry.

"I have no clue. I'm just hoping she's alive and well," said Schendel.

The 4-month-old hasn't been seen in more than a week. On Tuesday, authorities issued an Amber Alert.

The child's mother, Shauna Fryar, was found in the Cumberland River near downtown Nashville over the weekend. Detectives still don't know how she died.

On Thursday, police interviewed more than 20 people who recently saw or spoke to the mother. They're checking her phone records, Facebook posts and following dozens of tips, but police said nothing so far is solid.

Investigators said they hope medical examiners can speed up the autopsy on Fryar. They said they think finding out how she died will be key to finding out what happened to her daughter.

Police said no one has been ruled out as a suspect. They've already questioned Fryar's husband and the baby's biological father.

Police don't believe Zaylee's father was involved because he's been in Robertson County Jail on an unrelated case.

Friends and family of Zaylee said they are confident Fryar wouldn't have done anything to harm Zaylee.

"She was nice," said Schendel. "She always had an open mind. She would give her last for anybody and everybody.

"Crews said they did not do much searching along the Cumberland River on Thursday but plan to resume searching there Friday and through the weekend, if needed.Anyone with information about Zaylee or who recently saw her mother in Millersville or Nashville is asked to call 800-TBI-FIND.

Dad Speaks About Missing Millersville Child

4-Month-Old Zaylee Grace Fryar Missing; Mom Found Dead

May 13, 2011


The father of a missing 4-month-old girl is pleading for her safe return.


Zaylee Fryar has been missing for more than a week. Her mother's body was pulled from the Cumberland River over the weekend.

“But I want my daughter here with me. She ain’t got her mother. She needs to be here with her daddy,” said Zaylee's father, Thurman McMurry.

This was supposed to be the day McMurry reunited with his daughter after a month apart, but 4-month-old Zaylee Grace Fryar is missing.

“If anybody has her or knows where's she at, I wish they would at least bring her to me, so she could at least be with her daddy,” said McMurry.

McMurry was released from the Robertson County Jail on Friday where he'd been since mid-April for an unrelated assault charge.

On Tuesday, he got the news while in jail that Zaylee was missing and the child's mother, Shauna Fryer, had been found dead in the Cumberland River.

McMurry said he and Fryar had planned to continue their relationship and live in Millersville once he was released.

Police don't consider McMurry a suspect because he was in jail when the mother and baby disappeared.

“Do you have any idea who could be involved? Who might be responsible?” asked Channel 4 reporter Jonathan Martin.

“I don't know anybody. To be honest, I wish I wouldn't have been in jail. Maybe it wouldn't have ever have happened,” said McMurry.

Detectives are waiting on toxicology results to find out how Shauna Fryar died.

They're also interviewing more people who recently saw or heard from her.

McMurry said he doesn't believe Fryar would have done anything to harm Zaylee.

“She had a history of doing drugs, but still, she never left that baby, and I don't think she would do nothing to that baby,” said McMurry.

McMurry said, during the past couple weeks while he was in jail, he tried reaching his girlfriend to check on her and the baby but had trouble reaching her and had a feeling something could be wrong.

The mother was still his GF. Good thing he was in jail or he would be the number one suspect. I think it strange that the husband didn't report her missing. Even if she was a druggie, she had her baby with her.

I have a bad feeling about this poor little baby girl.

I am really confused about this.

"Shauna Fryar and her four-month-old daughter, Zaylee Fryar, moved from Nashville, Tennessee to stay with her husband whom she had been separated from, Michael Fryar, on April 29, 2011. Though Zaylee has Michael Fryar’s last name, he is not the child’s biological father as reports state Zaylee’s biological father is currently incarcerated."

So how long was she married to Michael Fryar? How far away is the Cumberland River-she didn't take her car?

Is this correct: She was separated from her husband and got involved with McCurry and had his baby; moves back with her husband a week before boyfriend (who has only been in jail for a month) is released from jail; boyfriend says they planned on continuing their relationship? Yeah, I can definitely see Michael Fryar having issues with this arrangement.

ladibug wrote:I am really confused about this.

"Shauna Fryar and her four-month-old daughter, Zaylee Fryar, moved from Nashville, Tennessee to stay with her husband whom she had been separated from, Michael Fryar, on April 29, 2011. Though Zaylee has Michael Fryar’s last name, he is not the child’s biological father as reports state Zaylee’s biological father is currently incarcerated."

So how long was she married to Michael Fryar? How far away is the Cumberland River-she didn't take her car?

Is this correct: She was separated from her husband and got involved with McCurry and had his baby; moves back with her husband a week before boyfriend (who has only been in jail for a month) is released from jail; boyfriend says they planned on continuing their relationship? Yeah, I can definitely see Michael Fryar having issues with this arrangement.

Yes, from my understanding she was living with the husband and continuing her affair with the father. I think the husband must not have been too pleased with this arrangement. Then, the fact that he didn't report them missing... Too hinky for me.

I think the husband murdered them both. JMO.

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playswithbeats wrote:first off twinkletoes f*** you ladibug f*** you and alwaysbeleive yea b**** f*** you too none of you all kno shit about what happened u just know what your reading from ews reports and assuming all sorts of bull....maybe i should fill in some details you all missed. first offf michael fryar is my fu**ing dad so twinkletoes trying to say he murdered shauna and this lil baby ur a dumba** my father would never do that second of all him and shauna had been apart for 5 years but she was running around homeless my dad was giving her a stable home for her because he still called they got together on this april 29 and she dipped out the next couple of days so dont thik my dad and her have been together this whole time. he didnt report her missing cause that was a common thing for her to just up andleave and im sure when she did leave she didnt want nashville pd looking for like i said she had been moved in bak with my dad for maybe 2 days why wold u report if some1 just ran away. and lets get o the father of zaylee no1 thinks its a relevant charge but i think its relevant when u go to jail for beating a girls ass and then she winds up dead l8er why does no1 wonder who he may have had some1 dostuff for em while he was in jail kinda perfect dont u thinkhey i was in jail i couldnt be related to what happened. and if he gave such a For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge about his baby girl why was my father the one at the hospital and why does the kid have my fathers last name. slow your role and do your research more your barking at the wrong treeand making yorselves look dumb and twinkletoes i have an extra big F*** you for saying my dad whou dont even know did this. get your facts stright before you start talking shit about some1 family

Wow....now aren't you just the most intelligent thing to visit this blog, ever! Vulgar and ignorant is no way to go through life. Seems to me your real anger should be directed back at your father, who has to poor judgement of getting involved with the wrong people instead of focusing on teaching you manners, and raising you right.

playswithbeats wrote:first off twinkletoes f*** you ladibug f*** you and alwaysbeleive yea b**** f*** you too none of you all kno shit about what happened u just know what your reading from ews reports and assuming all sorts of bull....maybe i should fill in some details you all missed. first offf michael fryar is my fu**ing dad so twinkletoes trying to say he murdered shauna and this lil baby ur a dumba** my father would never do that second of all him and shauna had been apart for 5 years but she was running around homeless my dad was giving her a stable home for her because he still called they got together on this april 29 and she dipped out the next couple of days so dont thik my dad and her have been together this whole time. he didnt report her missing cause that was a common thing for her to just up andleave and im sure when she did leave she didnt want nashville pd looking for like i said she had been moved in bak with my dad for maybe 2 days why wold u report if some1 just ran away. and lets get o the father of zaylee no1 thinks its a relevant charge but i think its relevant when u go to jail for beating a girls ass and then she winds up dead l8er why does no1 wonder who he may have had some1 dostuff for em while he was in jail kinda perfect dont u thinkhey i was in jail i couldnt be related to what happened. and if he gave such a For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge about his baby girl why was my father the one at the hospital and why does the kid have my fathers last name. slow your role and do your research more your barking at the wrong treeand making yorselves look dumb and twinkletoes i have an extra big F*** you for saying my dad whou dont even know did this. get your facts stright before you start talking shit about some1 family

If you have facts and valid reasons for your denial you would explain them without such vulgarity and hatefulness.

If your father is anything like you I am even more suspicious after your rude rant than before.

onehope wrote:

playswithbeats wrote:first off twinkletoes f*** you ladibug f*** you and alwaysbeleive yea b**** f*** you too none of you all kno shit about what happened u just know what your reading from ews reports and assuming all sorts of bull....maybe i should fill in some details you all missed. first offf michael fryar is my fu**ing dad so twinkletoes trying to say he murdered shauna and this lil baby ur a dumba** my father would never do that second of all him and shauna had been apart for 5 years but she was running around homeless my dad was giving her a stable home for her because he still called they got together on this april 29 and she dipped out the next couple of days so dont thik my dad and her have been together this whole time. he didnt report her missing cause that was a common thing for her to just up andleave and im sure when she did leave she didnt want nashville pd looking for like i said she had been moved in bak with my dad for maybe 2 days why wold u report if some1 just ran away. and lets get o the father of zaylee no1 thinks its a relevant charge but i think its relevant when u go to jail for beating a girls ass and then she winds up dead l8er why does no1 wonder who he may have had some1 dostuff for em while he was in jail kinda perfect dont u thinkhey i was in jail i couldnt be related to what happened. and if he gave such a For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge about his baby girl why was my father the one at the hospital and why does the kid have my fathers last name. slow your role and do your research more your barking at the wrong treeand making yorselves look dumb and twinkletoes i have an extra big F*** you for saying my dad whou dont even know did this. get your facts stright before you start talking shit about some1 family

Wow....now aren't you just the most intelligent thing to visit this blog, ever! Vulgar and ignorant is no way to go through life. Seems to me your real anger should be directed back at your father, who has to poor judgement of getting involved with the wrong people instead of focusing on teaching you manners, and raising you right.

What she said.

The Wizard says: The proverbial apple falls not far from the tree

playswithbeats wrote:first off twinkletoes f*** you ladibug f*** you and alwaysbeleive yea b**** f*** you too none of you all kno shit about what happened u just know what your reading from ews reports and assuming all sorts of bull....maybe i should fill in some details you all missed. first offf michael fryar is my fu**ing dad so twinkletoes trying to say he murdered shauna and this lil baby ur a dumba** my father would never do that second of all him and shauna had been apart for 5 years but she was running around homeless my dad was giving her a stable home for her because he still called they got together on this april 29 and she dipped out the next couple of days so dont thik my dad and her have been together this whole time. he didnt report her missing cause that was a common thing for her to just up andleave and im sure when she did leave she didnt want nashville pd looking for like i said she had been moved in bak with my dad for maybe 2 days why wold u report if some1 just ran away. and lets get o the father of zaylee no1 thinks its a relevant charge but i think its relevant when u go to jail for beating a girls ass and then she winds up dead l8er why does no1 wonder who he may have had some1 dostuff for em while he was in jail kinda perfect dont u thinkhey i was in jail i couldnt be related to what happened. and if he gave such a For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge about his baby girl why was my father the one at the hospital and why does the kid have my fathers last name. slow your role and do your research more your barking at the wrong treeand making yorselves look dumb and twinkletoes i have an extra big F*** you for saying my dad whou dont even know did this. get your facts stright before you start talking shit about some1 family

I understand why talk about your father's possible involvement upset you, and I'm sorry about that, but it's human nature for folk to try and figure out what may have happened and run through a few scenario's. I agree with you that just because someone was in jail doesn't mean they aren't involved. Do you or your father have any other ideas who may have done this? There could well have been other boyfriends/baby daddy's she was still dropping in on too maybe. I just hope Zaylee is found safe.

Missing Baby's House Searched As Neighbors Watch

• Images: Amber Alert Issued For 4-Month-Old
  

No Signs Of 4-Month-Old After Mom Found Dead

Reported By Cynthia Williams
POSTED: 3:24 pm CDT May 16, 2011
UPDATED: 4:35 pm CDT May 16, 2011


MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents had an audience of curious onlookers in Millersville on Monday while searching the last place they'd been told 4-month-old Zaylee Fryar and her mother, Shauna, were seen.

A week ago, Shauna Fryar was found floating in the Cumberland River near the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville. There were no visible signs of trauma to her body. Zaylee is still missing.

"We don't have any indication now whether the baby is alive or dead," said Kristin Helm of the TBI.

Fryar's husband reported the two missing May 5. Michael Fryar said he had returned home from a store four days earlier and discovered the mother and child were gone. He said that wasn't unusual.

Police said what does appear unusual is the fact that Fryar left home without her car, cellphone, purse and Zaylee's diaper bag. Zaylee is not Michael's biological daughter.

On Monday, TBI agents were examining the door of the trailer home and taking pictures outside.

Over the weekend, neighbors said, police were also using canine dogs to search nearby Slater Creek for any clues about the missing child.

"I'm hoping someone has her and turns her in; just drop her off in a basket. I hope she's safe," said neighbor Stephanie Fudge.

Zaylee's biological father, Thurman McMurry, said he's also hoping for the best.

McMurry was released from the Robertson County jail Friday. He'd been there since mid-April.

TBI agents wouldn't say if they found anything at the trailer Monday.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/27913674/detail.html

MILLERSVILLE, Tenn.
- The FBI has joined the search for 4-month old Zaylee Fryar. The
child was discovered missing after Metro Police pulled her mother's body
from the Cumberland River more than a week ago.
They're hoping the FBI can help. An FBI agent whose specialty is examining bodies found in water is helping Metro Police.

On Monday morning, crime scene investigators with the TBI searched the child's house in Millersville for the first time.
Neighbors watched while crime scene investigators searched the Millersville home of Shauna and Michael Fryar.

"There's
nothing specific we're looking for in connection to the baby's
whereabouts. It's more of a blanket go through comb everything to see
if there's anything unusual that we can find that might lead us to
believe what happened to her," said TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm.
Metro Police pulled Shauna Fryar's body from
the Cumberland River a week ago, but no one can find her baby girl. The
TBI issued an Amber Alert last Tuesday and it remains in effect for
Zaylee.
Neighbor Tony Hood watched the TBI search the Millersville home from the balcony of home two doors down.
"Oh, it's pretty wild here. I've got some small kids of my own, it just tears me up," said Hood.
Police said Michael Fryar was the last person
to see Shauna and Zaylee on May 1. They had just moved into the house
two days earlier.
Fryar told police he went to the store, and when he came back, Shauna and Zaylee were gone.

"They didn't take any personal belongings with them. We don't know if they left against their will or not," said Helm.
Police said Fryar moved out of the home over the weekend. On Sunday, cadaver dogs sniffed out the area.
"They were out here yesterday. They had the dogs run the creek and around the trailer and all that," Hood said.
Stephanie Fudge watched the dogs from the window of her home.

"They searched the trailer and he (Michael Fryar) came back and moved his stuff out," said Fudge.
But there was no sign of Zaylee.
Fudge said she doesn't understand why there have not been organized searches for the child.
"They haven't, if it's my kid we'd have a search party, you know," said Fudge.
Many neighbors watched police and commented it doesn't look good, but they haven't given up hope that police will find Zaylee.
"You know we're just hoping they find the baby and she's still alive. It's sad enough that she's gone," Shellie Vickers said.
Police said Shauna Fryar had a history with drug, but whether it played a role in her death is unknown.
An autopsy concluded her body showed no signs
of trauma. Police are waiting on the results of toxicology tests to see
if drugs were involved.
Metro Police said helicopters and boats are still being used to search the Cumberland River for the child's body.
Zaylee's biological father, Thurman McMurry,
was released from jail on Friday after being incarcerated on unrelated
charges. He made a plea for Zaylee's safe return. He is not considered a
suspect as he was in jail at the time of the disappearance.
If you have information about the whereabouts of Zaylee, please contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14656429/fbi-joins-search-for-missing-baby

I pray this precious infant is found alive and safe. I do not think she will be.

If she is, I hope her abusive, jailbird father is not allowed to have custody of her.

I pray for all the helpless, precious babies who are at the mercy of cruel unloving parents who have no mercy.

SPRINGFIELD,
Tenn.- It's now been 18 days, and still no sign of missing
four-month-old Zaylee Fryar. Wednesday night, friends and family members
came together to plead for her safe return and mourn her mother, who
was found dead last week in the Cumberland River.
In Springfield, the community held a
candlelight vigil where they are still holding out hope that Zaylee's
alive, but with each day, family members say it gets a little more
difficult, but they are praying someone brings Zaylee home.
The family was joined by about two dozen
people at a church in Springfield. They shared stories about Shauna
Fryar and the baby girl they say she loved more than anything in the
world. Also in the crowd was Zaylee's father, Thurman McMurry. He
believes someone out there knows exactly what happened to his daughter
and girlfriend, and he's hoping to send a message.
"Just please bring my baby home safe to me,
and find out who did this to Shauna, because I really want to know,"
McMurry said. "Because whoever done it should pay for what they did. And
whoever has my baby should bring her to me, or let someone know where
she is at."
The location of the vigil was significant
because Shauna Fryar used to live just across the street here in
Springfield. She and the baby had only recently moved into a mobile home
in Millersville, and police there say they're still searching every day
for little Zaylee.
Organizers of the vigil say they'll continue
to hold events like this one, so Shauna and Zaylee Fryar are not
forgotten. A memorial and balloon release in Shauna's honor is set for
Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at J. Travis Price Park in Springfield.http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14673832/family-holds-vigil-for-missing-baby

TBI offers $1,000 reward in case of missing 4-month-old girl

Friday, May 20, 2011 at 11:37am
By James Nix


The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now offering a $1,000 reward for information in the case regarding a mother found dead and her still missing 4-month-old daughter.

Metro police pulled the body of 28-year-old Shauna Fryar from the Cumberland River on May 7, days after her husband first reported her and the infant, Zaylee Grace Fryar, missing. The two went missing from their Millersville, Tenn., home on May 1.

Zaylee is still missing and police in Nashville as well as Millersville continue to investigate the circumstances of her disappearance and Shauna Fryar’s death.

Shauna Fryar’s husband, who is not Zaylee Fryar’s father, reported his wife missing to Millersville police on Thursday, May 5, telling them that when he returned from the store on Sunday, May 1, his wife and the infant were gone. He told police it was not unusual for Shauna Fryar to leave home for a few days at a time.

Investigators said they found the mother’s cell phone, purse and car as well as the baby’s diaper bag at their home on C Smith Road in Sumner County.

Zaylee Fryar’s biological father was incarcerated in a Robertson County Jail at the time of the disappearance and is not a suspect.



http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/tbi-offers-1000-reward-case-missing-4-month-old-girl

Missing baby's mom led trouble-filled life, but girl was her 'everything'

Zaylee Grace Fryar was born five months ago to a
mother with a long history of drug addiction and abusive boyfriends.[/b]

In Zaylee’s first days of life, her mom was beaten by Zaylee’s biological father, police said.The
mother and daughter were homeless, couch-surfing from her
great-grandparents’ house to a motel room to a $135-a-week trailer home
in Millersville. Twenty-eight-year-old Shauna Fryar had seven other
children, but all had been taken out of her care by the authorities.Then, on May 1, the mother and daughter disappeared.Shauna
left her cellphone and car keys in the trailer home where she was
living with Michael Fryar, her long-estranged husband and friend. She
left her late-model Honda Accord. And she left Zaylee’s diaper bag.They were just gone.Michael
Fryar didn’t report them missing until four days later. After all, he
said, Shauna had done this before — at least four times during their
12-year, on-and-off marriage.The first time she left without a
word, 38-year-old Michael Fryar said he called the police, and when they
wouldn’t help for 72 hours, he feverishly searched government housing
areas, high-crime stretches of Dickerson Pike, anywhere he thought she
might go to get money for a fix.But she’d always come back, a week later, maybe two. So, when she disappeared this time, he felt like he knew the drill.But
five days later, Shauna’s body was spotted floating in the Cumberland
River near the Jefferson Street bridge. Michael Fryar was called in to
the Millersville Police Department to identify his wife’s body through
pictures of her tattoos. It was her. No signs of trauma on her body,
police said. No idea whether she was dead before she got into the river.But Zaylee couldn’t be found. Nearly a month after she disappeared, there are still no signs of her.“We
don’t know if Zaylee is still alive,” said Millersville Police Chief
Ronnie Williams. “But we are hoping and praying that she is. We are
tracking down every lead, every spotting of the baby.”It could be
another six weeks before medical examiner toxicology reports return to
give police any answer as to what caused Shauna’s death.On May 1,
Zaylee’s biological father, Thurman McMurry, was jailed in Robertson
County after he was arrested on charges related to assaulting Shauna
Fryar, Williams said.According to
Shauna Fryar’s criminal record provided to The Tennessean
by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Fryar had convictions of
reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and felony child abuse and
neglect in 2009, plus charges of violating her probation, two counts of
aggravated assault in 2008, and another charge of child neglect in 2007.Williams
said Fryar was a known drug abuser, and that information was included
in a TBI media release about Shauna and Zaylee Fryar going missing.
It was little Zaylee, Michael Fryar said, who gave Shauna the inspiration to improve her life.“She
just hung around with the wrong people,” said Fryar, who was 25 when he
met and started dating 15-year-old Shauna. “She was a good person. She
really was. Zaylee was everything to her.”In the wee hours of
April 7, less than a month before her body was found in the river,
Shauna Fryar posted on her Facebook page: “Thankful for every blessing
God gives me, including every smile my baby gives me. Even if it is 3 in
the morning.”Michael Fryar remembers her often telling Zaylee: “You’re the reason I’m living, baby girl.”So, he knew something was wrong the morning of May 1 when he returned to find Zaylee’s diaper bag, but no Zaylee.Still, he didn’t call the police until four days later.Married in 1999, the Fryars separated in 2005 but never formally divorced.Both
were dating other people and had children by other people, but he was
the one she turned to when she had been beaten up by another boyfriend,
needed to be picked up from prison or needed a place to stay, Michael
Fryar said.“I think she was finally at a point where she was
realizing drugs were not doing any good for her,” he said. “Her past was
her past. That wasn’t her anymore. Yes, she had a secret life, but she
loved that baby too much to have done anything to herself.”Michael’s
mother, Cheryl Fryar, raises two of Shauna and Michael’s children. A
Department of Children’s Services spokesman confirmed the agency had
worked with Shauna Fryar over concerns with her other children.Cheryl Fryar said she and her husband can’t grieve for Shauna until Zaylee is found.“I
feel like everyone has forgotten about little Zaylee,” the Greenbrier
woman said. “No one is really out searching. I’m just so worried about
her.”Zaylee has black hair and brown eyes. She’s 24 inches tall and 12 pounds. She has a quarter-size birthmark on her right leg.Anyone
with information about her disappearance may contact the Millersville
Police Department at 615-859-2758 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110526/NEWS/305240062/Missing-baby-s-mom-led-trouble-filled-life-but-girl-was-her-everything-