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By Lynda Figueredo - email
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – The family of a missing Savannah mom, and her child are hoping someone will come forward with information on their whereabouts.
It has been almost 3 weeks since a Savannah woman and her child simply vanished.
Now family members are doing some searching of their own, canvassing two cities in Florida looking for 29-year-old Ronkeya Holmes and her 3-year-old baby girl Masaraha Ross.
"We not able to sleep. All of us had our own personal relationship with my sister you know. It's just, it's hard, real hard having to be there for each other," said Angel Fletcher, the sister of the missing mom.
It was October 18, 2009 when Ronkeya drove to Florida to pick up her daughter from the child's father.
Masaraha was staying at her father's home in Winter Haven while Ronkeya took classes at Savannah Technical College.
The child's father says he handed the girl over at a Haines City Walmart, but police haven't found any evidence to back up that claim.
We spoke to the Ronkeya's mother shortly before she headed to Florida in search of her daughter.
"It's just hard knowing that you have spent two weeks without her not knowing anything. Where she is, or how she is doing," said Ronekya's Mother, Edith Fletcher.
With each day that passes Fletcher worries that her daughter may no longer be alive.
"I'm ready for that call, but I don't want to get that call," said Fletcher.
Investigators found Ronkeya's car shortly after her disappearance with her luggage in the front seat, her college badge hanging from the rear view mirror and several children's items in the back seat.
"I think they planted it in there to cover it up," said Fletcher.
Ronkeya's mother believes the child's father may have something to do with their disappearance.
Either way the family says they won't stop searching until they know what really happened to Ronkeya Holmes and her child.
The FBI is also looking into this case.
If you know anything about the missing mother and daughter, just call Polk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS.
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