A Sacramento mother and her 8-month-old daughter have been missing for over 10 days

CNN Desperate family members and government in central California are searching for a mother and her -month-old daughter who haven t been seen in almost two weeks since departing Fresno to return to their home near Sacramento Whisper Owen and her infant daughter Sandra McCarty were last seen on July according to the Fresno County Sheriff s Office I m desperate to find my daughter and her baby Owen s mother Vickie Torres tearfully reported CNN It s like she vanished into thin air The pair left Fresno where they were visiting family around p m on the th according to the sheriff s office A traffic camera last captured their conveyance a silver Chevrolet Trailblazer shortly after p m in Atwater around miles north of Fresno the sheriff s office declared Since then neither has been seen and no information has been uncovered to explain their disappearance according to the sheriff s office The Fresno Police Department which is now leading the review along with other Northern California law enforcement agencies described CNN they believe Owen and Sandra are not in the Fresno area There is nothing to suggest foul play is involved in their disappearance police stated CNN Mother and baby last seen after specialist s appointmentWhisper and Sandra were supposed to be heading home to Elk Grove Sacramento County where family members were expecting them the sheriff s office explained on Facebook Elk Grove is around miles north of Fresno But due to a miscommunication her family didn t realize she was missing for three days they communicated CNN Sunday Owen was in Fresno for a routine checkup for the baby her mother narrated CNN She visited her mother s house where she changed and fed the baby before the a m appointment Afterward she visited her brother s house Richard Owen communicated CNN he last saw his sister around p m on July Then Owen returned to her mother s home where they ate lunch and played with the baby before she left around p m hoping to get home to Elk Grove before dark Torres narrated CNN But when she didn t return home her partner thought she had stayed behind to help her mother clean up a house she had just purchased her brother communicated CNN Her partner didn t realize something was wrong until Saturday when the two would normally spend the weekend together Richard Owen declared Owen s partner contacted her family which is when they realized she had been missing for three days and her mother announced her missing to the Fresno County Sheriff s Office Owen hasn t had a working phone for the past year or so making it sometimes arduous to communicate with her according to her brother Her mother explained CNN she typically spoke with her daughter sometimes using her partner s phone around twice a week Owen suffers from high blood pressure that has been particularly bad since she gave birth her family narrated CNN She was hospitalized multiple times during the pregnancy according to her mother My fear is that maybe there was a diagnostic urgency behind the wheel and maybe she had veered off the road her brother revealed I can t help but to feel like something horrible has happened Richard Owen revealed The last time I talked I talked to my sister she was talking about how good life was She was just happy There was no reason for her to want to disappear or to leave Somebody knows something Owen is an outspoken and outgoing free spirit who cherishes her children according to her mother She has a -year-old from a previous relationship as well as an - and -year-old with her partner The kids are all devastated wanting to know if and when they will see their mother again her brother disclosed She s just a very loving person Torres mentioned Everybody loves Whisper We as a family know she didn t leave on her own Torres declared Everything is good in her life right now There s no reason for her to have taken off Torres urged anyone with information about her daughter and granddaughter to contact police Somebody knows something and they need to come forward she mentioned She added she was frustrated with limited law enforcement effort to locate the two We need this to go further We need more help she reported We are making every effort to work with law enforcement agencies north of our jurisdiction to check areas that Whisper Owen is known to frequent the Fresno Police Department notified CNN in an email They have also shared photos of Owen and McCarty with law enforcement agencies across the state Richard Owen notified CNN he has spent the past several days sleeping in his car as he and his wife search up and down the highway and comb back roads in the area where his sister was last seen He described his sister as a loving trusting person who would roll her window down for a stranger whether it s p m in the afternoon or a m in the morning CNN has reached out to the Fresno County Sheriff s Office the Fresno Police Department and the Sacramento Police Department for more information At this point I m not ruling out anything Richard Owen reported I m trying to find her in any way accomplishable