Atlanta father goes missing while driving home from emissions test, police say
ATLANTA - The family of an Atlanta father missing since Sunday afternoon are hoping someone can help find him safely.
"We are asking for help finding my dear friend Nicholas Bachhuber," Tawheedah Abdullah told FOX 5's Deidra Dukes.
The 33-year-old man went missing after telling his wife he was going to get an emissions test at a facility in the vicinity of Chattahoochee Avenue and Howell Mill Road in Northwest Atlanta Sunday afternoon.
Bachhuber's family and friends made a public plea for his safe return Monday.
"We know that he had a nice family walk with his family," Abdullah said. "He has a loving wife, two children, one on the way. We know he went to get an emissions test."
The Atlanta Police Department says 33-year-old Nicholas Bachhuber was last seen around 4 p.m. Sunday leaving his home in southwest Atlanta. At the time, Bachhuber told his wife he was going to get his emissions checked on his vehicle at a place on Howell Mill Road. She talked to him about an hour later on the phone, and he told her he was on his way back home. He never arrived.
"He is so loved," said Abdullah. "He is one of the most genuine people we have ever met. He's dedicated a very large part of his life in solving inequities in education, loves the Atlanta community, and has a really big loving support system."
Loved ones told FOX 5 his family recently suffered the loss of Bacchuber's sister-in-law, and they worry he could be suffering a mental crisis.
"Nick was under a lot of stress. The family overall was under a lot of stress dealing with his sister-in-law's recent death. And knowing how hard it is on his wife we know we recently had to wrap our arms around the family because of that. We are thinking that might be causing a lot of stress for him as well."
According to Bachhuber's family, he is a father and his wife is expecting their second child.
The missing man is described as being 5-feet-9-inches tall with a weight of around 160 pounds.
Bachhuber was last known to be wearing a black windbreaker, black shorts, and black New Balance sneakers. He was driving a white 2005 Toyota 4runner with the Georgia license plate TCX0369.
If you have seen him or know where he could be, call 911 or the Atlanta Police Homicide/Adult Missing Persons Unit at 404-546-4235.