( CNN ) -- Authorities in Virginia are searching for a young pregnant woman , missing since the end of January . `` Bethany Anne Decker , 21 , was last seen on January 29 , 2011 , according to witnesses in the case , including family , '' a statement from the Loudoun County Sheriff 's Office said . She is believed to be about five months pregnant and is married to Emile Decker , a member of the U.S. Army National Guard , who is currently serving in Afghanistan . The couple also has a 17-month-old son . `` The family is concerned and so are we , '' said Vince DiBenedetto , a sheriff 's spokesman . `` We are in a race against the clock and playing catch-up on a lot of this . '' She was last seen January 29 and was reported missing by her family about three weeks later on February 19 `` after repeated attempts to make contact with her . '' Decker 's last known address was in Ashburn , about 25 miles northwest of Washington , D.C . Her car was found at an apartment complex where she lived and was in the process of moving from . DiBenedetto said the vehicle offered no clues to her whereabouts . When her husband , Emile , was home on leave in January , the couple went to Hawaii to visit her father and then stayed with her grandparents in Maryland after they returned , DiBenedetto said . Emile Decker returned to Afghanistan the first week of February and some members of her family saw him off at the airport . Bethany Decker was not there , according to DiBenedetto . Authorities have talked with Emile Decker from Afghanistan via phone and are trying to arrange a video conference with him , DiBenedetto said .
Bethany Decker is believed to be about five months pregnant . Her car was found at an apartment she was moving out of . Her brother Ryan Decker is serving in Afghanistan .