Loudoun County sheriff's deputies returned to Ashburn, Va., Thursday to search for clues in the disappearance of the pregnant wife of a man who was serving in Afghanistan, NBC Washington's Julie Carey reported.
Bethany Decker, 21, disappeared two months ago. She is believed to be about six months pregnant.
Deputies combed the fields and woods across the road from Decker's apartment building, where her boyfriend last saw her on Jan. 29. No obvious clues or evidence was recovered, but Capt. Ken Pratt, of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, said deputies did find some things worth checking out further.
Investigators also continue to analyze data from phones and other electronic devices taken from the Centreville house where Decker's boyfriend, Ronald Roldan, shares a basement apartment with his mother. He is the last known person to have spoken with Decker, and according to court documents, he is the father of Decker's unborn child and lived at Bethany Decker's apartment while her husband was away at military training.
Since Jan. 29, Decker has not used her bank accounts, cell phone or email and hasn't attended her classes at George Mason University, investigators said. Someone pretending to be Decker posted updates on her Facebook page, and investigators would like to find out whom that is.
Emile Decker, the missing woman's husband and father of her toddler, deployed to Afghanistan with his National Guard unit on Feb. 2, but he returned to Virginia last week.
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