Partner and Brother of Missing Author Helen Bailey Plead for Her Return; Detectives Say Disappearance is 'Perplexing'

Author Helen Bailey, age 51, best known for her Electra Brown and Daisy Davenport books for teens, has disappeared for a month. She left a note saying that she needed time alone.

Now, her partner Ian Stewart and brother John Bailey are pleading her to make contact. Computer software expert, Stewart, wrote: "Helen wherever you might be I hope you hear this message and listen carefully.

'We miss you and Boris so much. We are shattered in so many ways. Your Mum, Dad, John, Tracey, the lads and me plus so many others all need you. You bring so much to so many people in ways you don't even realise.

'You not only mended my heart five years ago but made it bigger, stronger and kinder. Together we learnt to live with our grief and move forward with our lives but never forgetting. Now it feels like my heart doesn't even exist. Our plans are nowhere near complete and without you there is no point.

'We promised each other 30 years please keep that promise and come home. Whatever has happened, wherever you are I will come and get you and Boris and give you whatever you need.

'Love you more. Ian.'

Police said there had been no sightings of Bailey, her bank account has been untouched, and her car was left at her home. Detectives say there her disappearance is 'perplexing'.

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