KAYLA Bailey, the Florida woman who has gone missing twice in the last month, has been found alive following an increasingly frantic search.
The troubled 34-year-old mother of five, who disappeared earlier this month amid allegations of sickening sexual abuse by her husband Joshua, was reportedly discovered in a homeless encampment in Jacksonville on Monday afternoon.
She was just a mile from her grandmother’s house, where she was last seen.
Her mom, Lisa Lucas, confirmed her daughter, who runs a photography business, had been found and wants her to now “get the help she needs.”
“The system pretty much let her down last time,” she said on Facebook.
In a cruel twist of fate, Joshua, who was arrested on August 19 for violating the terms of a restraining order following a domestic dispute, was due out on the same day his wife was found.
The U.S. Sun revealed last week that two complainants told Jacksonville cops about alleged sexual abuse against the couple’s children at the hands of their father.
The children are currently living with family members, with their dad forbidden from coming into contact with them and their mom signing over guardianship following her initial disappearance on August 18.
When she was found for the first time after a two-day search, Kayla was lying down in a wooded area, less than a mile from the place she disappeared.
Joshua was then arrested just hours later, after violating a protection order that stipulates he must not come within 500 yards of the family home in Jacksonville.
Advocacy group We Are The Essentials, who assist families looking for loved ones, had been combing the area over the weekend as the search for Kayla became more desperate.
But The U.S. Sun has been told a local firefighter had seen Kayla while attempting to clean up some areas where homeless people congregate.
Once he recognized her face from the original flyers pleading for help, the family was contacted.
An advocacy worker who is helping the family claims she is currently in the hospital undergoing physical and mental evaluation.
“It’s a relief Kayla has been found,” she told The U.S. Sun.
“But the kids are worried now Joshua is coming out of prison.”
NEW FEARS ABOUT FATHER
A report, seen by The U.S. Sun, filed on September 12 includes allegations from witnesses claiming that Joshua engaged in a series of disturbing acts involving minors over an extended period.
The document notes that authorities were dispatched to a residence following a complaint, where they were informed of long-term physical mistreatment.
Although the names of those involved have been redacted, one source alleged that the children were compelled to take part in inappropriate “games.”
The U.S. Sun is withholding the most explicit accusations, but one of the complainants reported witnessing unusual behavior and signs of heightened sexual awareness within the family home.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15232778/kayla-bailey-missing-person-found-florida-sexual-abuse/