Florida Searches for Missing Pregnant Woman

NAPLES, Fla., Oct. 22, 2004 -- -- The Giammona family had been preparing for a joyous week when the woman at the center of their expected celebration vanished without a trace.

Authorities have been searching for Anna Angelina Giammona, who is nine months pregnant, since she disappeared Monday while running errands near her parents' North Naples home.

Giammona, 29, had told her mother that she had a 10 a.m. appointment to have labor induced Monday morning. However, deputies say that none of the hospitals in their area had any record of her having an appointment and there was no sign she was in any hospital's computer system.

Dennis Hoff of the Collier County Sheriff's Office said Giammona was last seen getting gas at a local convenience store.

"We know that she made a call to her parent's house from a McDonald's sometime after 8 [a.m.] saying she was going to get some food there," Hoff said on ABC News' "Good Morning America." "And then we have her on a videotape surveillance camera from a convenience store fueling the vehicle that she was driving and that happened at just about 9 a.m. and that was about the last time anybody seen her."

Investigators say she had $2,000 with her when she left her home.

Giammona's family reported her missing around 8:30 p.m. Monday when she hadn't returned to their home, reports say. She moved in with her parents after leaving Texas to escape problems with her boyfriend, sheriff's reports say.

Her sister, Michelle Giammona, says Anna was filled with joy over the prospect of becoming a mother.

"She was happy, excited. My brother saw her getting ready," Michelle Giammona said. "She was excited and happy and just normal."

Michelle Giammona says her family is waiting anxiously to hear something from Anna or from someone who knows something about her whereabouts and condition.

"If you're safe, let us know you're OK. And if anybody has any information, just let us know she's OK," she said.

Authorities say they are desperately working to find Giammona, who is already weeks overdue. They've tried calling her cellular phone, but the calls have gone directly to voicemail.

Giammona is Caucasian, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. She has hazel eyes, brown hair and a tattoo of a butterfly on her right ankle. Her family says she was wearing a white shirt with red stripes and khaki pants the morning she disappeared.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts should call the Collier County Sheriff's Office at 239-774-4434 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.