UPDATE: Man reported as missing in Middletown cut off ankle monitor

According to the report, Baker had been living at Hope House and cut off his ankle monitor he was wearing through Warren County.

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The girlfriend said she had been told about some suspicious text messages alleging Baker was dead in a vacant house on Wilbraham or Tytus Avenue, police said.

Police searched several locations, including a vacant garage on Wilbraham where it appeared someone had been staying. Another report was that Baker may have stolen a car, but that vehicle was located.

Anyone with information about Baker is asked to call Detective Brook McDonald at 513-425-7745.