Georgia woman missing in Japan

By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Authorities in Japan are searching for a Georgia mother of two who disappeared from a U.S. Air Force base more than a month ago.

Facebook Kelli Cribbs Abad and her children. Abad has been missing in Japan since Oct. 26, 2011.

Special Kelli Cribbs Abad, who is from the southeast Georgia town of Brooklet, has been living in Okinawa with her husband for three years. Shown here is a poster reporting her disappearance.

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Kelli Cribbs Abad, who is from the southeast Georgia town of Brooklet, was last seen Oct. 26 leaving a gate at Kadena Air Base near Okinawa, where the 27-year-old woman’s husband is based.

Abad’s Toyota sport utility vehicle was found three days later in a coastal area about 10 miles from the base.

Channel 2 Action News reported that Japanese and U.S. military authorities searched caves and cliffs near where Abad’s SUV was discovered, but found no traces of the woman.

Her passport was found at her home, and her cell phone and purse were not taken.

"She's a very good mother," said Melissa Banks, a friend of Abad's. "I remember giving her maternity clothes before she was even pregnant. She wanted another child that badly. So I don't think she would have left her children because she was just a wonderful mother," Banks told Channel 2.

Abad and her husband have been living in Okinawa for three years.

Abad's mother has set up a Facebook page dedicated to helping find her daughter.