'I just want my mom back home': Daughter makes desperate plea for missing mom's return

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 17:19 EST, 21 July 2011

An anguished California family is pleading for help to find a missing mother who has been missing for two days.

Cindy Sambueso, 50, went missing on Tuesday after going to Starbucks with her daughter to celebrate the 15-year-old getting her driver's permit.

The Fresno mom then went to her massage therapy office for a noon appointment, but by the time her 3:30 appointment arrived, she was gone.

Where is she? The family of Cindy Sambueso hasn't seen her in two days

Where is she? The family of Cindy Sambueso hasn't seen her in two days

Inside her office, which was locked and had the lights turned off, her cell phone was found.

But her purse, appointment book and her car were missing.

MISSING: Cindy Sambueso was last seen at her massage therapy practice in Fresno, California

MISSING: Cindy Sambueso was last seen at her massage therapy practice in Fresno, California

The lost appointment book is especially frustrating to her family, as it would say who she was with at the time she disappeared.

Before she disappeared, Mrs Sambueso sent two text messages - the first was to her ex-husband confirming a celebration dinner for their daughter.

But Kat Sambueso told KMPH News that she’s suspicious about the text message she got from her mother.

'She was just talking about how she loves me so much, how everything was so great. I was the best daughter she ever had.'

'All this kind of stuff and usually that's not normal.'She then tried to call her, but her mother didn’t answer her cell phone.

Her ex-husband, who lives in the home with the mother and daughter, appealed to anyone who may have abducted her to take her home.

Robert Sambueso said: 'If money or material things are important, those things can be replaced. But please bring back our wife and mother.'

Anguish: Kat Sambueso, the 15-year-old daughter of Cindy Sambueso, made a tearful plea for her mother's return in a TV interview Tuesday

Anguish: Kat Sambueso, the 15-year-old daughter of Cindy Sambueso, made a tearful plea for her mother's return in a TV interview Tuesday

Kat Sambueso added: 'I just want my mom back home.’

The somber family members described her as an animal lover full of energy who would never disappear willingly.

The Fresno Police Department is investigating, but officials they have not yet found anything suspicious.

FOUND: Fresno mother Cindy Sambueso, who was not heard from for days, told police she took off because she 'just needed to get away'

FOUND: Fresno mother Cindy Sambueso, who was not heard from for days, told police she took off because she 'just needed to get away'

Mrs Sambueso was last seen driving a red 2000 Honda Accord with license plate number 4LVP286.

Anyone with information about Cindy Sambueso's disappearance is asked to contact the Fresno Police Department at (559) 621-7000.

She 'can't be replaced': Robert Sambuesto, Cindy's ex-husband, speaks to a reporter about her disappearance

She 'can't be replaced': Robert Sambuesto, Cindy's ex-husband, speaks to a reporter about her disappearance

Questions: The family of Cindy Sambueso, pictured here with her daughter Kat, said they don't know what would prompt her to leave without telling anybody

Questions: The family of Cindy Sambueso, pictured here with her daughter Kat, said they don't know what would prompt her to leave without telling anybody


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