Pictures of Caitlin Kearney line the walls of her mother 's Pitman , New Jersey , home , but Denise Urevick says she has n't seen her daughter for years . The photographs are the only image of mom that Caitlin 's own three-year-old daughter , Lily , who lives with Urevick , has since Kearney left her as a newborn in 2012 . Kearney and Lily had been living with Kearney 's grandmother until June of that year , when she walked into the home and heard her grandmother on the phone - upset - and speaking about her . Missing : Caitlin Kearney , recently would have turned 23 , has n't been seen by her family since she walked out of her grandmother 's home where she was living in 2012 . 'Caitlin just turned around and walked out , ' Urevick , 57 , told the South Jersey Times . 'No one had heard from her that day . ' Her disappearance , coming after what her mother characterized as a losing struggle with drugs , derailed both her family life and Kearney 's plans to study nursing . 'When she first left , I had heard there were sightings of her , ' Urevick said . ' I knew she was OK . I reported her missing when the information stopped coming in . ' Urevick says she started searching for her daughter in Camden , where her daughter had gotten into trouble with the law and occasionally Urevick heard troubling rumors . 'What is really frightening , was at one point we were told that she could have been held against her will , ' Urevick said . 'But we never were able to find out if that was true or not . ' Both Pitman Police Department and the Gloucester County Prosecutor 's Office have investigated Kearney 's case but all leads pointed to dead ends . Struggling : Urevick says she hears occasional rumors about her daughter , who has been spotted in Camden and occasionally gotten into trouble with the law . Unreachable : Urevick says Kearney recently had begun having issues with substance abuse that was souring their 'normal ' relationship . Detective Bryn Wilden of the Gloucester County Prosecutor 's Office said his departmetn was 'unable to substantiate any claim that Caitlin had been held against her will . ' Last week , Pitman police re-released the case , hoping to turn up new information that could lead to Kearney after two and a half years of fruitless searching . ' I 'm still holding on to hope that we 'll find Caitlin , ' Urevick said . 'Of course I constantly think of her and worry about her . But I have to be OK for my granddaughter . ' 'If Caitlin should read this , she should know her entire family wants her back home , ' she added .
Caitlin Kearney , 23 , walked out of her grandmother 's home where she was staying 2-and-a-half years ago . She left her daughter Lily and has n't been seen or heard from since . The family had no idea what happened to their daughter.