Woman 8 months pregnant goes missing before baby shower, boyfriend charged

In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: The case of Akia Eggleston, a 22-year-old mom who went missing in Baltimore the day of her baby shower.

Eggleston was 8 months pregnant and last seen on May 3, 2017, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor neighborhood. She was reported missing four days later after she failed to show up for the celebration in her honor. Family, friends, and investigators conducted exhaustive search efforts for Akia, but continued to come up empty-handed.

On February 3, 2022, the Baltimore City State's Attorney announced Eggleston's boyfriend and the father of her unborn son, Michael Robertson, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutor's say Robertson made Eggleston believe they were moving in together, and she withdrew money for the deposit on an apartment. Robertson used photos from another listing and allegedly tricked her into believing they were going to live in a completely different house than the actual one at the address he shared with her. Months after Eggleston's disappearance, Robertson supposedly Googled logistics involving Baltimore's dumpster pickup and which landfill the trash gets sent to. Her body remains missing.

Let's take a look back at the details surrounding Eggleston's disappearance.

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