One day last summer, James and Amy Henslee hand in hand, arm in arm on the sidewalk in Hartford.James was dressed in the uniform of her coach, Amy had her summer dress and looked like a prom queen.
Family friend Wendy Boyd thought the couple looked so happy and in love as they were in high school.
"They never finished their honeymoon," said Boyd reporters after a press conference this morning at Van Buren County Sheriff's Office's in Paw Paw said.
On Monday Amy was Henslee, a missing 30-year stay-at-home mom.
She was last seen by her husband at his Hartford Township home when he went to work at about 7:30 Monday.
During the press conference, Lt. Bill Lux sheriff said he thought Amy Henslee is still alive and may be missing voluntarily.
Lux, Bill Lux, the newspaper hensleeView size / Scott HarmsenLt. Bill Lux of the Office of County Sheriff Van Buren speaks with journalists during a press conference this morning.
Henslee's house door "in the 67,100 block of County Road 372 was closed, and his shoes and coat were gone.
Police found her purse with her ID card in the apartment. Lux said Amy Henslee not in itself a phone activated. He also said that she is not with a debit card or credit for it.
"We have nothing that tells us that it was a mistake, there was no fighting in the house, there was no kidnapping - we have no information to us, which shows "said Lux. "At this moment we have someone who may be missing voluntarily."
Lux said James Henslee is not a suspect in her disappearance and has fully cooperated with the authorities.
Lux declined to comment on the marriage of the couple, but said there is no civil filings - such as divorce or a personal protection order - which the pair of Van Buren County court system. Police have also not yet out of their house before mentioned, Lux said.
Amy Henslee was not a hiker or jogger, and was not the kind of person to open the door to a stranger. When she left with another person, in fact, it was probably someone she knew and trusted to be, "said Lux
Meanwhile, the Sheriff's Department to work with the FBI, the Michigan State Police and speaks Berrien County Sheriff Department Henslee Amy with friends, family and staff of the former Elder-Beerman to, a department store where she worked for investigation from October 2009 to September 2010.
Henslee, Amy Sue HensleeView courtesy photo full size Henslee Van Buren County Sheriff's OfficeAmy Sue
Lux said they responded to several false alerts Henslee in the region in Benton Harbor, Battle Creek and Hartford.
The authorities do in an area eighth to a quarter mile stretches east and west, looking at home today.
"Time is the essence for us. We do not know what we have at this point. Things did not make sense, and it is to understand what we're trying everything we do, "Lux said:" We hope we get a small piece of information we need, This is where we can lead them right now. That's what we do. ... That someone knows. "
