Shigeko Freeman Missing Person WEAR Channel 3 News At Five



INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A NICEVILLE WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SHIGEKO FREEMAN HAS BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN TEN DAYS. CHANNEL THREE'S LAURA HUSSEY TALKED TO FRIENDS WHO SAY THEY CAN ONLY WAIT....AND HOPE. LAURA HUSSEY "SHIGEKO FREEMAN'S CAR WAS FOUND THE MORNING OF SUNDAY, JANUARY 6. IT WAS IN AN EMERGENCY LANE ON THE MID-BAY BRIDGE THAT RUNS BETWEEN NICEVILLE AND DESTIN" INSIDE THE CAR, DEPUTIES FOUND HER KEYS, HER ID, AND A NOTE. IT HAD HER HUSBAND'S PHONE NUMBER ON IT, AND THE WORDS "CALL 911" PASTOR PHIL DANIELS "NOW THAT WE'RE TEN DAYS INTO THIS, YOU JUST GO....WHERE IS SHE? WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE DID SHE GO?" SHIGEKO FREEMAN'S CHURCH IS NICEVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD. HER WORK AS A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER MADE HER A BIG PART OF THEIR DEAF MINSTRY. PASTOR DANIELS "SHE'S JUST A GREAT LADY, ALWAYS SMILING, ALWAYS JUST....SHE LIGHTS UP A ROOM WITH HER SMILE" FOR YEARS, FREEMAN WORKED WITH SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS AT SILVER SANDS SCHOOL. SHE WAS THE DISTRICT'S SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR IN 2012.....NOT A PERSON CO- WORKERS WOULD EVER EXPECT TO DISAPPEAR WITHOUT WARNING. RANDEE CHAMBERS "IT WAS SHOCK AND DISBELIEF. I CAN'T IMAGINE I COULDN'T IMAGINE SHIGEKO DOING ANYTHING LIKE THIS." LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS DID WATER SEARCHES NEAR THE BRIDGE, BUT FOUND NOTHING. PASTOR DANIELS "YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THE WHOLE FAMILY, BUT ESPECIALLY TO A HUSBAND THAT HAS NO IDEA" FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS SAY MRS. FREEMAN WAS TAKING A PRESCRIPTION SLEEP MEDICATION. THEY'RE WORRIED IT AFFECTED HER THINKING AND MAY HAVE LED TO HER DISAPPEARANCE. RANDEE "IF RANDEE "IF ANYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS ANYTHING, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD (PAUSES) COME FORWARD" LAURA HUSSEY "ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE SEEN SHI MIGHT HAVE SEEN Mrs. Freeman IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS OR THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. FOR CHANNEL THREE NEWS I'M LAURA HUSSY.