Body found confirmed to be missing Ennis mother

ENNIS – Ennis police on Tuesday confirmed the body that a volunteer search team found Monday morning is that of missing Ennis mom Emily Wade.

Volunteers found the woman’s body at Little Water Crossing in Ennis in a creek bed which had flooded the night of Jan. 5 when Wade went missing.

Police have been searching the roads Wade would likely have been driving on the evening of her disappearance with the help of countless volunteers.

Police are waiting on official autopsy results from the Dallas Medical Examiner’s Office, but believe Wade may have been swept away into the creek the night she went missing.

Wade was last seen leaving a friend’s home on Jan. 5, between 8:30 and 8:45 p.m. She was driving a silver 2012 Nissan Altima belonging to her mother. The car has yet to be located.

The family said Wade had made no contact with them or friends since her disappearance, and she had not shown up at her job at the Ennis Chili’s.

Jared Jones, Wade’s former boyfriend and the father of their seven-year-old daughter, had taken the lead on Wade’s search efforts.

Wade’s mother Shirley Wade told a local news station she did not think her daughter would stay away like this and that, she said, was what she was most worried about.

The low water crossing at Ensign Road is still washed out by a large part of Chambers Creek. Two signs further up on the side of the road warn of high water and a closed bridge, but one sign is falling over, and both might be hard to see in dark and rainy conditions.

Wade’s family is asking for privacy during this difficult time. They did share she will be buried back home in Kentucky.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Emily Wade,” the department said in a written statement.

Police also thanked the volunteers and other agencies who helped search for Wade over the past two weeks.

Friends and community members will gather on Thursday. A memorial service/vigil is planned at First Presbyterian Church in Ennis at 7 p.m. After the service, they will release sky lanterns in her honor.