Arizona woman found after reported missing while visiting Atlanta in June
Inzinga Barge, Courtesy of Atlanta Police Department
ATLANTA - Atlanta police said a woman reported missing while visiting Atlanta has been found safe.
Police didn't provide any other updates on Inzinga Barge.
The backstory:
Barge, originally from Arizona, was reported missing by her family after she abruptly left home on June 6 to attend a Lil Baby concert in Atlanta. Her family says she did not inform anyone of her travel plans and has since fallen out of contact.
According to an Atlanta Police incident report, a cell phone belonging to Barge was recovered on June 24 outside the City of Atlanta Jail in what used to be a flower bed along the sidewalk. The phone was found propped against a wall on a ledge and was completely dead.
After charging the device, an officer received a call from a man identifying himself as Barge’s ex-boyfriend who said the missing woman's family had contacted him via Facebook out of concern. He told police he was in Texas and would have a family member follow up.
What they're saying:
Later that day, Barge’s sister, Adrian Barge, contacted Atlanta police investigators and explained that Inzinga left for Atlanta without notifying anyone and had not returned.
Kenya Barge, who is Inzinga's mother, later told police that her daughter had been hospitalized at Grady Memorial Hospital sometime between June 8 and June 16 for what appeared to be a mental health crisis—a condition previously unknown to the family. Kenya said she was working to coordinate her daughter’s release and bring her home but was never notified by the hospital before or after the discharge.
The last known contact with Inzinga was on June 15, when she was disconnected from a family group chat. Since then, there have been no confirmed sightings or communication.
Atlanta police say checks with local and county jail systems turned up no recent arrest records under her name.
A related case has been filed with the Buckeye Police Department in Arizona. Officer Kopp is listed as the primary contact at 623-349-6400.