Group searches for missing Warren woman
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WARREN -- A search was carried out Sunday for Love' Taylor, the 36-year-old Warren mother of three who has not been heard from for weeks.
Amari Jackson, a friend, organized the search, which began at 2 p.m. Jackson posted on her Facebook page Sunday that the search will continue with more details to come and thanked the people who helped on Sunday. Jackson previously posted that the search would be "street by street, door to door."
Jackson told the Tribune Chronicle last week, "We are asking the entire community to come together and help us search for her. We have identified several predetermined areas where we will begin our search. We will also have updated flyers available to distribute throughout the community."
She added, "If necessary, we are prepared to expand our efforts into surrounding cities and communities."
The missing person flyer states that Taylor was last seen around Aug. 11 in Warren, and her family is "deeply concerned."
The flyer asks for anyone with information about Taylor's whereabouts or where she has been since Aug. 11 to call the Warren Police Department anonymous tip line at 330-841-2914. Anyone who sees her should call 911 or the Trumbull County 911 center at 330-675-2730.
Taylor is about 5-foot-5 and 160 pounds, has a nose piercing and a tattoo on her chest.
Jackson has said that "Everybody in Warren knows (Taylor) and knows that she would never do this (leave without telling anyone). She is the most genuine, caring person."
Jackson said Saturday that "our friends have been actively searching."
On the Warren Police Department Facebook page, Warren Police Detective Abby Krafcik posted last week that the department is "currently investigating the report of a missing person as identified by family members. On 08-18-2026, family contacted police expressing concern for the whereabouts of their loved one."
The family said for Tayor to be missing this long "is reported as highly unusual behavior."
Among the identifying information about Taylor is that she has a tattoo described as a heart-shaped yin-yang symbol located on her chest centered below her neckline.
MISSING WOMAN'S MOTHER
Taylor's mother, Sharonda Taylor of Columbus, told the Tribune Chronicle recently she is frustrated that there were signs that her daughter was in an abusive relationship, but when Sharonda Taylor talked with her daughter about it, her daughter "dismissed me and blocked me."
She made the missing persons report with the Warren Police Department, Sharonda Taylor said, adding that her daughter's phone has been off and also the phone of others connected with her daughter. She said her daughter was "isolated," and people were aware of troubling incidents, but "nobody complained."
Sharonda Taylor said she has tried to get people to "come forward," but she has been "dismissed this whole time."
When Sharonda Taylor talked to her daughter about it, Love' said, "You act like you ain't never been in a fight before," Sharonda Taylor told the Triune Chronicle.
Sharonda, who lived in Warren until about 2016, said she thinks many people in Warren are experiencing dangerous relationships and treating the incidents as "normal."
She said, "I'm trying to get them to understand that you guys need some help. You guys need therapy. You guys need some counseling." She said people who abuse others need to "go to jail."
She said her daughter has always worked, but that changed. "She's never been without a job. She has never been irresponsible, this lackadaisical."
She noted that her daughter has been through trauma involving family deaths, "And my daughter has not been the same since."
Sharonda Taylor said she thinks her daughter was being kept isolated from people who could help her. "They stopped calling her," she said.
Sharonda Taylor has had no contact with her daughter for a while, and that is something that never happened until recently, she said.
She said that since Love' disappeared, her three kids have been staying with their father "in a one-bedroom apartment."
Sharonda Taylor said she and her daughter have had challenges in life. Sharonda said she has been diagnosed with major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, adding that she is "trying to heal myself and make a better environment for my grandkids."
Krafcik said Monday that she met with Sharonda Taylor for several hours Monday to discuss the case. Krafcik confirmed that Sharonda Taylor filed the missing persons report. Sharonda Taylor told the Tribune Chronicle her ability to come to Warren earlier was hampered by her having car troubles.
Krafcik said it appears that some friends and family of Love' Taylor were aware that she was being abused but did not say anything to police, "and now that she is missing, they are kind of coming out about it but not the whole way."
Krafcik added, "We have no indication of foul play." She said there are "no reports" regarding abuse. She said Sharonda Taylor and "friends" have mentioned abuse, but "nothing is documented policewise.
She said other people besides Sharonda Taylor have mentioned that it's possible that Love' Taylor's disappearance is domestic related, "but we have no indication that any type of domestic situation happened within the hours or days," Krafick said. "This is all past behavior."
Krafcik added that there have been no tips called in about the case so far to help in finding out where she is.
"We are treating it as a domestic situation. We follow the same protocol regardless of what we are allowed to do," Krafcik said of investigating Love' Taylor's disappearance. There are requirements we have to follow by the state. There are different criteria that these situations have to meet."