In June Of Last Year, She Planned To Visit And Stay With Her Mom After Saying She Didn’t Feel Safe, But She Never Arrived At Her Mom’s Home And Has Been Missing Ever Since
Amber Arnett grew up in Lansing, Michigan, graduating from Holt Central High School as a teenager before attending Ross Medical Education Center and studying Dental Assisting.
By 2023, the 39-year-old was staying with one of her friends in Leslie, Michigan, which is located in Ingham County.
On June 22 that year, Amber was also supposed to visit her mother back in Lansing, Michigan, and stay there for a few days. But she never arrived at her mom’s house and has been missing ever since.
According to Amber’s mom, Marty Arnett, she expected Amber to arrive on June 25. So, she started stocking up on Amber’s favorite foods and preferred toiletries for the visit.
Once June 25 finally arrived, though, Marty never heard from her daughter.
“I thought I would hear from her on the 25th. I didn’t hear from her,” Marty recalled.
“So I tried to reach out to her, and when I still hadn’t heard from her by the 4th of July, I knew something was up. I called the jails, I called the hospitals, I called the morgue. I started calling around.”
But despite Marty’s efforts, no one she contacted had seen Amber. At that point, she decided to give her daughter a few more days before filing a missing person report with the Lansing Police Department the following week.
In the months leading up to her disappearance, Amber did reportedly get into some trouble– losing her employment as a live-in caretaker at an adult foster care home. She was also supposed to appear in court on July 13, 2023, regarding this matter.
Facebook – pictured above is Amber
Additionally, Marty claimed that the reason why her daughter initially planned to travel home for a few days was because Amber said she didn’t feel safe where she was staying. However, Amber reportedly never went into detail as to why.
Once an investigation into Amber’s disappearance was launched, it was discovered that Amber had last been seen at a Dollar Tree located on S. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Lansing at about 2:00 p.m. on June 25, 2023.
Marty was also able to gain access to Amber’s Facebook account, which suggested that she’d visited a friend that same night. The friend’s home was located in a neighborhood just a few blocks away from Marty’s residence.
According to Marty, Amber had sent her friend a message confirming that she’d arrived. Then, Amber asked her friend to open the gate.
“Her post was to one of the people that’s living there and said, ‘Hey, I’m at the gate. Come and let me in.’ That was it. That’s the last thing anybody’s heard from her,” Marty explained.
This has led Amber’s loved ones to believe that foul play was involved in her disappearance, and they have not stopped searching for answers ever since.
After she went missing, Amber’s family organized two search parties and put up countless flyers.
“Whenever I travel, I take them with me. I put them in truck stops and rest areas. We’ve had a couple of search parties with no results. I’m just going to keep knocking on doors,” Marty said.
She and Amber’s sister-in-law, Kortni, also created a Facebook group entitled “Help us find Amber.” They believed that Amber’s case was not getting enough traction in the news and hoped that social media would help spread further awareness of her case.
“It just takes that one little puzzle piece to be given to us so we can bring her home. It takes one person to say something,” Kortni stated.
Marty maintains that her daughter was one of the most generous people she knew, calling her “loyal to a fault.”
“She’s just a caring person. And if there was the last shirt on her back, she would give it to you in a heartbeat, no questions asked,” Kortni agreed.
Amber is five foot four, weighs 150 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black tank top with white writing, and black tennis shoes.
Amber’s family is currently offering a private reward for any information that leads to her whereabouts.
If you have any information regarding her disappearance, you are urged to contact the Lansing Police Department at (517) 483-4600.
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