EMMA BAUM, PREGNANT WHEN SHE WENT MISSING, FAMILY'S DESPERATE PLEA: WHERE'S EMMA?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 23 November 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Heading into the ninth month of her pregnancy, Emma Baum finds out on October 4 that she is already dilated one centimeter.
Six days later, knowing the baby will be here soon, Emma has her sister drive her to boyfriend and father-to-be Antwon Butler's house in Gary, Indiana, Thursday evening. Emma tells her sister she will see her tomorrow and goes inside.
On Friday, Emma Baum does not reach out to her family members even though they are expecting her to come home. After waiting all weekend, Emma's mother, Jamie Baum, calls Butler and asks to speak to Emma. Antwon Butler tells Jamie that Emma isn't there...he saw her leave with a girl in a car.
However, Butler changes his story several times, and the family believes he is being less than truthful. The family reports Emma Baum missing and tells the police Antwon Butler was the last person to see Emma.
As it happens, Antwon Butler has an outstanding warrant for failure to appear, so he is picked up and taken to jail on charges not related to his missing girlfriend.
Weeks of searching for Emma have led to no results, and the family of Emma Baum are at a loss for what to do next.
Standing in front of Antwon Butler's house in Gary, the family asks local TV crews to get the word out, begging for the safe return of the mom of three and her newborn.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Jamie Baum - Mother
- Jason Waddell - Father
- Abby Smith - Sister
- Paige Baum - Sister
- Gregory Morse – Partner at the law firm of King Morse, PLLC. Current CJA counsel (Southern District of Florida), Former West Palm Beach Public Defender’s Office. Author: “The Untested"
- Dr. Shari Schwartz – Forensic Psychologist (Specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy), and Author: “Criminal Behavior” and “Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology;” X: @TrialDoc
- Brian Fitzgibbons – VP of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, Kingsman Philanthropic’s 2022 rescue missions of women and children in Ukraine; Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security
- Lisette Guillen - On-site host of 'Case Files Chicago;' Facebook: chicagolisette, IG: Lisette Guillen, LinkedIn: Lisette Guillen, TikTok: Bluangelwings
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.8 | A pregnant mom just 25 years old missing tonight. |
| 0:15.3 | The family's desperate plea. |
| 0:17.8 | Where's Emma? |
| 0:19.4 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:20.5 | This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm Emma Baum's mother. I would like my daughter home. You miss her. She's, her baby's need her. |
| 0:33.9 | Her family needs her. And if anybody knows anything, or can help search for her. |
| 0:40.3 | Could you please help us when we need her home? |
| 0:43.2 | That is Emma Baum's mother, a desperate plea to bring Emma home. |
| 0:50.3 | Emma, nine months pregnant, dilated to one centimeter to our knowledge. |
| 0:57.1 | That from our friends at ABC7, joining me right now on All-Star Panel. |
| 1:01.8 | But first, I'm going to go to Emma's mother, Jamie Baum. |
| 1:06.6 | Jamie, thank you for being with us. |
| 1:08.3 | Also with Jamie is Emma's father, Jason Waddell, and sister Abby. |
| 1:14.9 | To all of you, thank you for being with us. I've just learned about Emma's disappearance. |
| 1:22.2 | I'm very curious. I know that she's been gone several weeks at this point. But the first thing I want to do, Jamie, is get her photo out there. |
| 1:31.1 | Emma, gorgeous, stunning, inside and out, a real girly girl. |
| 1:37.5 | She loved putting on makeup and dressing up. |
| 1:41.5 | She loved different styles, wearing wigs, just everything fashion. |
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