joseph hicks

arrest, missing mother, ex boyfriend

Stories of the day.

Relatives of the scott county missing mother confirmed that a man arrested friday morning by georgetown police..

Was an ex- boyfriend....but he's not charged in connection to the woman's disappearance.

The arrest citation says 53 year old joseph hicks was charged with tampering with physical evidence, falsely reporting an incident, and criminal mischief.

The charges against hicks came the same day baxter went missing.

She was last seen outside her sister's house in scott county... who says baxter went outside to put a bag in her car and hasn't been seen since.

Georgetown police aren't saying if the two cases are connected.

In the next hour... we'll tell you more details about hicks' whereabouts... and what baxter's sister has to say about his arrest.

We now know a woman