- Police are searching the area where Army Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux was last seen
- Bordeaux was last seen at a bar early Saturday
- Her cell phone used a nearby tower, police say
(CNN) -- Police and the military will search an area near a Fayetteville, North Carolina, bar where a missing Fort Bragg soldier was last seen and last used her cell phone, authorities said Wednesday.
Army Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux, 23, left the Froggy Bottoms bar early Saturday, Fayetteville police have said. The GI had been drinking and was given a ride home by a bar employee, according to a U.S. Army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
At some point, the Army official said, Bordeaux sent two text messages. One said, "got home safely." The official did not know who the text was sent to or the contents of the second text message.
The area to be searched is near the bar and Interstate 295, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters Wednesday. Records showed Bordeaux's cell phone "pinging" off a tower nearby early Saturday, he said.
Authorities have talked with "numerous individuals" as part of the investigation into Bordeaux's disappearance, he said. They include Bordeaux's husband, who did not accompany her to the bar, he said.
Asked whether police believe Bordeaux is in danger, Bergamine said authorities are suspicious that no one has heard from her, adding she is described as "a very good soldier, not the type of person that would come up AWOL or missing."
Police were tight-lipped on the investigation, with Bergamine refusing to comment on several questions, including one about the text messages. On whether Bordeaux is believed to be a random victim, Bergamine would say only that the case is classified as a missing-persons case, and "there is a lot that is not known."
The Army official said police searched Bordeaux's apartment and vehicle, but did not know where the vehicle was found. Bordeaux was reported missing Monday when she failed to report for duty, the official said.
Bordeaux's older sister, Olivia Cox, told reporters Tuesday it was out of character for Bordeaux to miss work. She declined to discuss anything related to Bordeaux's visit to the bar and said she doesn't know of anyone who would harm her.
Bordeaux's mother, Johnna Henson, said she had been told by police that an individual gave her daughter a ride to the bar, where she took part in karaoke. Henson told HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell that her daughter was "spooked" while someone was driving her home, and that Bordeaux reportedly told the driver to let her out before she reached the apartment. She said she does not believe her daughter arrived home.
Bordeaux is described as being 5 feet tall and weighing 99 pounds, with blond hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black shorts and a pink halter top, police said.
Bordeaux is from St. Cloud, Florida, and lives off base, according to Jackie Thomas, Fort Bragg spokeswoman.
She joined the Army in April 2011 and reported for duty at Fort Bragg in November, Thomas said. A health service specialist, Bordeaux is assigned to the 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade.
Relatives said she had attended college.
"She joined the military to make her family proud," said Cox. "She just wanted to have that future securely in place. She knew the military would do that."
Bordeaux and her civilian husband have been married two years, according to Cox.
The sisters last communicated on Friday.
"I texted her. And we laughed and joked and everything was happy," said Cox.
Police asked anyone with information to contact Fayetteville police.
CNN's Larry Shaughnessy contributed to this report.
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