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Turkish men pin up a photo of Sarai Sierra, a New York City woman who disappeared while on vacation in Istanbul.
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
The mystery of a New York City mom who disappeared in Turkey took a turn Friday with news that police are questioning a man she had contact with before she vanished.
Istanbul cops have detained an unidentified man who exchanged online messages with Sarai Sierra, 33, who traveled to Turkey for a vacation and failed to catch her flight home two weeks later, The Associated Press reported, quoting an unnamed police official.
Sierra had arranged to meet the man on the Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn waterway, but it was unclear if they actually connected, the Turkish newspaper Hurryiet reported.
An amateur photographer, Sierra left for her first trip abroad on Jan. 7 -- flying solo after a close friend dropped out of the prepaid trip, her family has said.
Her husband, Steven Sierra, said his wife stayed in close contact, talking to him and their children, ages 9 and 11, by phone and Skype.
The last communication from her came Jan. 21, when she sent her sister a brief message saying she would be home the next day.
When she didn't show up at the airport, her husband called her hostel, which said her passport and other personal items were still there.
Police uncovered surveillance-camera footage of Sierra walking around Istanbul; she appeared to be alone and well.
Steven Sierra and Sarai's brother, David Jimenez, flew to Turkey earlier this week and turned over her online communications to police.
"I don't want to come home without my sister," Jimenez told NBC New York before the trip.
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