MD MD - Cherice Ragins, 24, Catonsville, 21 Feb 2010

Baltimore County police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a week.

Cherice Maria Ragins of the 3600 block of N. Rogers Ave. in Baltimore was last seen on Feb. 21 in Catonsville, around Route 40 and Rolling Road. She went to Catonsville to meet with someone, police said Wednesday in a statement.

"She has not been seen or heard from since," said the statement, which asked for the public's help in locating her.

Ragins is described as black, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She has her first name tattooed on her neck, and she was last seen wearing gray sweat pants, a red hooded sweat shirt over a black shirt and green and pink shoes. She was also carrying a black purse with silver trim.

Anyone with information about Ragins' whereabouts is urged to call the Baltimore County Police Department at 410-307-2020

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Baltimore County Police say that a reward for information to locate a missing woman has been increased up to $4,500 through Metro Crime Stoppers.

Investigators say an anonymous party has added the money in hopes that someone with information about the 24-year-old's whereabouts will come forward with information to locate her.

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It is said a parent should never live to see the death of a child but after the death of her son seven years ago from complications of Lupus, Clarese Ragins now faces the dubious distinction of possibly seeing it twice.

"It's unimaginable you know, indescribable you know? The pain, the heart ache, the not knowing…"

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Family of Cherice Ragins held a service to honor her on her 26th birthday.

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SurfieTX said:

FB page for Cherice: http://www.facebook.com/groups/200254323349149

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County police on Tuesday announced the arrest Travis Eugene Elleby, 30, of Windsor Mill.

"It was overwhelming," Ragins' mother, Clariese Ragins, said of learning of Elleby's arrest.

Cherice Ragins' body has never been found, and it's unclear what evidence investigators have against Elleby. No court records on the charges were publicly available Tuesday.

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