Missing Fiancée and Child: Fugitive Father Sparks International Manhunt

The urgent search for a missing Washington two-year-old girl and her father’s fiancée has now expanded to multiple states and internationally.

Family members reported toddler Seraya Aung Harmon’s disappearance on June 3 after her father Aaron Daniel Aung did not bring the child back to her mother after his scheduled visit.

Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Aaron Daniel Aung, who unlawfully retained custody of his daughter Seraya.

The fugitive father was believed to be traveling with his fiancée, Nadia Cole, 21, who was reported missing from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on May 29.

Police believe the couple could be fleeing towards Mexico.

Seraya’s mother, Samara Harmon, fears for her daughter’s health, pleading for her safe return.

Harmon posted to Facebook about finding out her daughter went missing, calling the situation dire.

“My daughter is incredibly sick and if she’s not given the proper medical treatment she needs, it can be fatal,” Harmon posted. “Please keep my daughter in your prayers as well as Aaron and Nadia. We all just want them home safe and sound. And I especially want my daughter home.”

Harmon shared in other posts that Seraya has a birthmark slightly above her wrist on her left arm.

“There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t give just to hear you shout ‘mamma’ over the slightest inconvenience, for you to run around on my bed trying to play games after asking for a million and one bedtime stories, to have you refuse to go to sleep or ask for cuddles just one more night,” Harmon posted. “You are the brightest, smartest, kindest, and funniest little human I have ever gotten to meet and seeing your personality shine through more and more each day is my biggest blessing in life.”

Newsweek reached out to Harmon and the Pullman Police Department but did not hear back immediately for comment.

FBI Seattle as well as Moscow Police Department in Idaho are investigating with the Pullman Police Department.

Seraya was last seen with Aung, 21, on May 29.

The missing fiancée

Cole was reported missing by her family on May 29 from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. She was meant to leave on a trip to Italy with her family, who were also at the airport.

“It is more than coincidence that she went missing at the same time,” Aaron Breshears with the Pullman Police Department told KING-TV in Seattle.

The private investigator for Cole’s family told King 5 news outlet that she left her belongings at an airport gate to use the restroom but never returned. The family called it “entirely out of character for her.”

The is video of Cole leaving the airport with a “distressed expression.” The last photographed sighting of Cole was outside of the airport near the light rail platform north of the parking garage.

She was wearing a black North Face jacket, a sage green hoodie, black pants and white sneakers.

Newsweek reached out to Cole’s mother, Beata, but did not hear back immediately for response.

Cole’s last post on Instagram shows her engagement to Aung on Nov. 23, 2023.

There is a $1,000 reward for information leading to the return of Cole, a recent graduate from Washington State University.

Where are they now?

Initially Aung, who is Seraya’s father, was thought to have traveled to Montana because he was seen buying camping gear and a Montana map book in Moscow, Idaho, according to the Pullman Police Department.

The investigation has since revealed, however, that Aung and Cole likely traveled to Mexico in a black 2014 Cadillac XTS with Idaho license plate number 1L5147U.

Aung is reportedly 5-foot, 9-inches and approximately 135 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information should contact the Pullman Police Department at PoliceTips@pullman-wa.gov or the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324) or tips.fbi.gov.

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