Maxine the cat is lacking.
For about six years, Maxine has spent her days at First Stop, a comfort retailer in Baltimore County simply over the town line on Radecke Avenue. But on April 2, Maxine went lacking, mentioned Cecilia Cho, the daughter of the store’s homeowners.
Video footage from the shop’s safety digital camera exhibits two ladies or ladies petting Maxine, who’s sitting simply outdoors the open door of the store. At one level within the clip, which is time-stamped at 5:36 p.m., one of many two ladies stops Maxine from operating inside the shop, picks the cat up and cradles her like a child.
The different lady walks into the shop and off digital camera. Cho mentioned she thought it regarded like the ladies hesitated and one among them “almost asked” in regards to the cat earlier than walking off with Maxine.
“I think it’s more of a mistake. They seem young,” Cho mentioned. “From the footage, it looks like they just thought she was really cute and friendly. I didn’t see them do anything malicious.”
Still, the household is hoping to get Maxine again. They miss her — the routine of getting Maxine within the store is damaged, and Cho and her mother and father miss the cat.
“It’s not the same. We’re concerned for her. She gets scared,” Cho mentioned.
They’ve put up lacking posters within the neighborhood and shared data on-line. The Baltimore County Police Department visited the shop the day after Maxine was taken, however aren’t investigating it as a theft at the moment, mentioned Trae Corbin, a public data officer for the division.
Cho mentioned the household hasn’t heard any main updates as of Thursday, April 11 — almost ten full days since Maxine went lacking. There had been a few early leads, however they didn’t pan out. And some folks have made prank cellphone calls to the quantity listed on the lacking cat poster.
Maxine is “the most gentle and quiet girl, so friendly. She doesn’t bother anyone. She rarely meows for even her food. She just sits there and stares at you,” Cho mentioned.
Maxine — who was at first named Max, till a veterinarian revealed Max was a woman — has all the time been mild and candy, Cho mentioned. At the shop, she likes to hang around behind the counter, the place the household is.
“I just want to find her as soon as possible,” Cho mentioned.
Cody Boteler is a reporter on The Banner’s Express Desk, reporting on breaking information, trending tales and fascinating issues in and round Baltimore. His work has appeared in The Baltimore Sun, USA TODAY, Baltimore journal and others.
