• Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, has not been seen or heard from since Monday in Olney, Maryland
  • She sent a ‘troubling’ message to her family about an hour after she was last seen at her condo where she lives alone
  • Her father went to her condo but could not find her
  • He alerted police after she failed to show for work Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia  

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:44 BST, 8 September 2017 | Updated: 00:55 BST, 8 September 2017

Police are searching for a pregnant Maryland high school teacher who was reported missing after she failed to turn up to the first day of class.

Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, has not been seen or heard from since Monday when she sent her family a series of text messages.  

She sent a ‘troubling’ message to her family about an hour after she was last seen at about 8.30am on Monday at her condo in Olney where she lives alone.

Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, has not been seen or heard from since Monday when she sent her family a series of text messages from Olney, Maryland

Laura Elizabeth Wallen, 31, has not been seen or heard from since Monday when she sent her family a series of text messages from Olney, Maryland

Her father Mark Wallen went to her condo but could not find her.

Wallen, who teaches history and law, then failed to show up to work on Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia. 

It set off alarm bells for her father who immediately contacted police. 

Wallen’s family said she is four months pregnant. They said she was excited about her baby and had posted her sonogram on her refrigerator 

Wallen, who teaches history and law, then failed to show up to work on Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia

Wallen, who teaches history and law, then failed to show up to work on Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia

Wallen, who teaches history and law, then failed to show up to work on Tuesday at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia

Wallen’s family said she is four months pregnant. They said she was excited about her baby and had posted her sonogram on her refrigerator

‘That obviously puts an enormous amount of worry on us because she is out there somewhere and she has a baby, so that’s a really scary thing,’ her sister Kadi told NBC. 

Her father suspects someone is behind the teacher’s disappearance. 

Police have described her as a white female who is 5’5′ tall and weighs 200 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. 

Investigators also believe that she may be operating a black, 2011 Ford Escape with Maryland tags: M522473.

Police say the family are concerned for Wallen’s emotional and physical welfare. 

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