Ten years after 23-year-old Angie Barlow disappeared following a private dancing gig in Indianapolis, her mother says the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has stopped responding to her altogether, and no one has been charged in her death.
Barlow, who grew up in Muncie, vanished on Oct. 26, 2016, after texting her roommate the address of the job at the Landmark Apartment and Townhomes in Indianapolis. The text, which her mother Christina Kramer shared with Fox News Digital, read: “About to work this private party in case I go missing LOL.”
Nearly eight months later, searchers found Barlow’s remains in a backyard off Harcourt in Indianapolis. Kramer said her daughter had been shot to death.
Kramer said it has been roughly two years since she last heard from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, after the special prosecutor assigned to the case left the job.
“I had been sending a bunch of emails for I don’t even know how long to absolutely nobody,” Kramer said.
She said she no longer has a point of contact at the office and has repeatedly tried, without success, to reach Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Mears. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said no criminal charges have been filed in the case. The department told Fox News Digital the investigation remains open, with Detective Jose Torres as lead investigator, but declined to comment further.
What the surveillance footage showed
Kramer said surveillance video from the apartment complex captured two vehicles leaving around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2016. One, she said, was Barlow’s blue Pontiac G6. A black sedan followed closely behind, which Kramer believes belonged to a female acquaintance who worked with Barlow at Club Rio in Indianapolis. Tinted windows kept investigators from identifying who was driving either car.
With days passing and no answers, Kramer contacted the dealership where Barlow bought her car and used its GPS tracker to locate the vehicle about eight miles from the apartment complex. She said the car, which Barlow normally kept spotless, was trashed inside and appeared to have been driven under a fence.
“That car had been on some kind of journey,” Kramer said.
Months later, in January 2017, Kramer said she got a phone call from the female acquaintance who had been at the party with her boyfriend. Kramer said Barlow knew the two but wasn’t close with them, and had only taken the job for quick cash.
When Kramer asked what she and Barlow had talked about that night, she recalled the woman saying, “Oh, you want to know what her last words were.” Kramer took the remark as a taunt. The woman has denied making the call or having that conversation, according to Kramer.
Remembering Angie
Kramer described her daughter, who stood under 5 feet tall, as a standout softball catcher who also played basketball, threw shot put, and competed in volleyball and bowling. She was the eldest of four sisters and stayed close to them after moving out of the family’s Muncie home.
“She was a very gifted athlete. There was not a sport that she did not do,” Kramer said. “Whenever I talk about her, especially the good things, it just, it makes you happy.”
Kramer said the loss still weighs on the family, especially her youngest daughter, who was 4 when Barlow disappeared and has since turned to violent video games to learn “how to escape the bad people,” according to Kramer.
Kramer said she won’t stop pushing for a resolution.
“When you remain silent, you’re a victim. When you have a voice, you’re a survivor, and I refuse to be a victim of my circumstances,” she said. “My daughter was the victim. She can’t speak for herself. I’m her survivor. I’m her voice, and I speak for her.”
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is asking anyone with information to call its homicide office at 317-327-3475. Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-TIPS (8477).
