Police search former home of missing disabled woman, family seeks answers

ELKHART, Ind. -- The Elkhart Police Department says they were assisting with the execution of a search warrant at a home on Fieldhouse Avenue Wednesday night as part of an ongoing investigation.

ABC57 learned that residence is the former home of 68-year-old Linda Faye Robinson, a missing disabled woman. She once lived there with her caretakers.

Investigators confirmed no arrests were made at the house overnight, but the caretakers who live there are already behind bars facing multiple charges of fraud against Robinson.

Robinson was reported missing by her family and Elkhart police in April and has not been seen or heard from since.

Robinson's nephew told ABC57 Thursday that she has the mental capacity of a child and the people who live in the home being searched last night were Robinson's longtime caretakers who became court-appointed guardians for her in 2010.

Court documents state 66-year-old Loni Collins and his 67-year-old wife Debra Collins remain behind bars at the Elkhart County Jail since their arrest in late July.

Loni is charged with Felony Fraud and Theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars in Robinson's social security disability checks.

Debra is facing the same Fraud and Theft counts plus Battery, Intimidation, and Criminal Recklessness charges.

They both allegedly told police they hadn't seen Robinson in over a year.

Her family is convinced the couple knows more, and they want help finding out what really happened.

Tavarri Robinson, Linda's nephew, said, "We want police and everyone if you have information about what her whereabouts, if you know something say something and for the home that she was living, and we want those people as well to come forth and say something or do something you know. We feel like this is gone too far along for someone with such a big bubbly personality to be silenced and we have no clue what’s going on, what she’s doing, or where she’s at."

Tavarri and other family members are staged a protest vigil outside the Collins' home Thursday evening, demanding answers on exactly what happened to Linda Faye Robinson.