OKINAWA, Japan, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- More than a month of searching has turned up no trace of a U.S. Air Force wife and mother who disappeared from a base in Okinawa, Japan, authorities said.
Kelli Abad was last seen leaving her home on Kadena Air Base the evening of Oct. 26, and her sport utility vehicle was found at a cape nearby three days later, Stars and Stripes reported.
"It's like she just vanished," said Abad's mother, Janice Cribbs, who traveled from Georgia to Japan two weeks ago to search for her daughter. "In all the years she's been married, she never left the kids or went off on her own for more than a few hours to cool off."
U.S. and Japanese authorities -- with the aid of boats, helicopters, divers and cadaver dogs -- have searched the coast and waters near the shore.
Abad has a 4-year-old daughter and 22-month-old son.
"I just don't believe she walked off and left them," Cribbs said Tuesday. "She was a good mother."
Abad is listed as missing by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Kadena Air Base spokesman Ed Gulick said.
The Air Force helped Cribbs create an announcement, which is appearing on the local American Forces Network channel, Gulick said. Abad's photo, along with contact information, has also appeared on poles, bus stops and on fliers around military bases and Japanese police stations in Okinawa.
Her spouse's name was not reported.
