A decade after her daughter vanished, an Indiana mother says she is still waiting for answers about who killed her and whether prosecutors are doing anything to find out.
Angie Barlow, 23, disappeared on Oct. 26, 2016, after she texted her roommate the address of a private dancing job at the Landmark Apartment and Townhomes in Indianapolis. Her mother, Christina Kramer, told Fox News Digital the message read: "About to work this private party in case I go missing LOL."
Almost eight months later, searchers found Barlow's remains in the backyard of a home off Harcourt in Indianapolis, according to WISH-TV. Kramer said her daughter had been fatally shot.
Kramer said her frustration has grown since a special prosecutor assigned to the case left the Marion County Prosecutor's Office. She estimated she has not heard from the office in roughly two years and no longer has a contact there. "I had been sending a bunch of emails for I don't even know how long to absolutely nobody," she said. She added that she has repeatedly tried to reach Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Mears without a reply. The office did not answer several requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
According to Kramer, surveillance video from the apartment complex showed two vehicles leaving around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2016. One was Barlow's blue Pontiac G6. A black sedan followed closely behind, and Kramer said it is believed to have belonged to a female acquaintance who worked with Barlow at Club Rio in Indianapolis. WISH-TV reported that tinted windows kept investigators from identifying the drivers or occupants.
After days without news, Kramer contacted the dealership where her daughter bought the car and used its GPS tracker to find the vehicle about eight miles from the complex. Kramer said Barlow normally kept the car spotless, but it was trashed inside and appeared to have been driven under a fence. "That car had been on some kind of journey," she said.
Kramer also described a phone call in January 2017 from the acquaintance, who had been at the party with her boyfriend. Kramer said Barlow knew the pair but they were not friends, and that she believes her daughter would not have taken the job had she known who would be there. Asked what she and Barlow talked about, Kramer recalled the woman replying, "Oh, you want to know what her last words were." Kramer took it as a taunt. The woman denied making the call or having that conversation, Kramer told Fox News Digital.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said no criminal charges have been filed in Barlow's death. It said the investigation remains open, with Detective Jose Torres as lead investigator, but declined further comment.
Kramer remembered her daughter as a gifted athlete who stood less than 5 feet tall yet excelled as a softball catcher, and who also played basketball, volleyball, shot put and bowling. Barlow was the eldest of four sisters and stayed close to them after leaving the family's Muncie home. Kramer said the loss still weighs on the family, especially her youngest daughter, who was 4 at the time and turned to violent video games to learn "how to escape the bad people."
Kramer said she will keep pushing authorities. "My daughter was the victim. She can't speak for herself. I'm her survivor. I'm her voice, and I speak for her." Anyone with information can call IMPD's homicide office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477), where callers may remain anonymous.
