PULLMAN, Wash – The plea to Aaron Aung from Samara Harmon to return her 2-year-old daughter. Seraya Aung was reported missing by Harmon 12 agonizing days ago after Aaron didn’t return Seraya for custody exchange.
Police now believe Seraya is in Mexico with Aaron Aung, her father, and his fiancé Nadia Cole.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Aaron Aung. Pullman Police and the FBI are investigating this case, trying to bring Samara’s baby girl back home.
Every day is getting harder than the previous for Samara and she has one message for Aaron Aung —
“Please just bring her home. That’s all I care about, that’s all the police care about right now. Just bring her home. Please. I am begging you with every bit of me. I know we’ve had issues in the past and all of that and I’m not even focusing on that. I just want to see my daughter again. I just need to know that she’s okay. Please, please, please bring her home,” Samara said.
As the clock ticked past 12 on this 12th day Seraya has been gone, her mother, Samara, talked about the agony she’s going through.
“It is absolute torture. So please, even when they get on your nerves, love them, enjoy every second with them, because if you had to go a week or 12 days, at this point, without seeing your child, it would destroy you,” Samara said.
Pullman Police and the FBI are working to bring Seraya home. They believe Aaron and his fiance Nadia Cole, as well as Seraya are in Mexico.
FBI Assistant Special Agent Kelly Smith says these cases become difficult when they go international.
“We are not considered law enforcement in a foreign country, but our position and our world there is to work with that law enforcement agencies to further our mission, and sometimes that’s providing investigative support for a foreign country to help with an investigation there and sometimes that’s requesting support from that country,” Smith said.
Smith says timing is crucial, but there are new tools that can help them solve these types of cases and even cold cases.
“Obviously the more time that elapses, the more concerned that we become, so speed is critical in any type of investigation,” said Smith.
He said these types of investigations are never lost on them.
“People are dedicated to the mission. I’ve been in cases where we’ve solved child kidnappings and homicides from 1992 to the mid-2000s. With the advent of technology, our hope is actually higher now than it probably ever has been,” Smith said.
Samara knows that law enforcement is doing all they can to bring her baby girl home.
“It really helps to have someone from the FBI to talk to. I can call any time of any day and they just hear me out, they listen to me cry, they talk to me and let me get it all out there and that helps so much,” Samara said.
Samara’s message to parents.
“Enjoy every moment even when they keep you up at night, even when they wake you up extra early, even when they don’t want to eat their dinner. That’s all I want. I would give anything to hear my daughter tell me no right now because it’s just so unbearable not seeing her or knowing if she’s okay. Every little thing, enjoy it,” Samara said.
This is the car they’re believed to be driving in:
It’s a 2014 Cadillac XTS with Idaho license plate 1L5147U.
If you know anything at all, you’re asked to contact the FBI immediately. Their phone number is: 1-800-CALL-FBI
