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| Patterson, Abby 9-5-17; Lumberton, NC - age 20 | |
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| tatertot | Oct 5 2017, 06:48 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/05/fourt...found-dead.html Fourth woman disappears from North Carolina town where 3 others found dead By Cristina Corbin, Fox News The FBI is assisting in the investigations of three women whose remains were found within the last year in the same North Carolina town where a fourth woman is now missing. Abby Patterson, 20, told her mother she'd return in an hour when she left the family's Lumberton, N.C., home on the morning of Sept. 5 and stepped into an old brown Buick parked outside. Authorities are searching for the young woman -- who has not been seen or heard from since -- as they also probe the deaths of three other women whose bodies were found weeks apart from each other in a three-block area of Lumberton. "At this point we don't know if there's a connection," Lumberton Police Chief Michael McNeill said of the women. "We’re soliciting help from the community," McNeill told Fox News. "Someone out there has information we need." Investigators discovered the body of Christina Bennett, 32, on April 18 inside an abandoned home in Lumberton -- a city of close to 22,000 people in Robeson County in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region. That same day, the remains of Rhonda Jones were found in a nearby trash container. Neighborhood resident 28-year-old Megan Oxendine was interviewed by a local news station at the time Jones' body was discovered. Weeks later, on June 3, Oxendine's remains were found about 500 feet away from the other women’s remains. There were no obvious signs of trauma to the victims and police are still waiting for official autopsy reports from the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh, McNeill said. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed to Fox News on Thursday that the bureau is assisting local police with the investigations. In the case of Patterson, police said they have identified the man last seen with the young woman, who was living in Florida and visiting her mother in Lumberton for two days when she disappeared. "We’re still talking to him," Lumberton Police Department Captain Terry Parker said to Fox News. "We think it’s someone she knew, but we're not sure," said Parker, who did not name the man or say whether he's considered a person of interest in the case. "Abby is still listed as a missing person. We've had reported sightings of her but none of them have been confirmed," he said. The woman's mother, meanwhile, told Fox News it was unlike her daughter to voluntarily cut all contact with her family. "We talk or text every day," said Samantha Lovette, Patterson's mother. "When she didn’t come home after an hour, I called her cell phone and it went straight to voicemail." "We just want her home," said Lovette, who described her daughter, the youngest of her three children, as "bubbly and free spirited." "Everybody she meets she just loves and they love her," said Lovette. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the location of Patterson. Anyone with information on her whereabouts or on the deaths of Bennett, Jones and Oxendine is urged to call the Lumberton Police Department at (910) 671-3845. |
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| tatertot | Oct 9 2017, 11:59 AM Post #2 |
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abby-patterson...ers-found-dead/ By CRIMESIDER STAFF CBS NEWS October 6, 2017, 11:59 AM North Carolina mystery: Woman missing in town where 3 found dead LUMBERTON, N.C. – Six months after the bodies of three women were found in different places in Lumberton, N.C., police in the town are looking for a 20-year-old who has been missing for a month. CBS affiliate WNCN reports that police say Abby Patterson was last seen on Sept. 5 getting into a brown Buick near East Ninth Street. Capt. Terry Parker of the Lumberton Police told CBS News' Crimesider that investigators do not think that Patterson's disappearance is related the deaths of Megan Ann Oxendine, 28, Christina Bennett, 32, and Rhonda Jones, 36, who were all found dead in an area between East Fifth and East Ninth streets. WNCN reports that Bennett and Jones' bodies were discovered April 18 and Oxedine's on June 3. Bennett's body was found in a house. Jones' body was in a trash can. And Oxendine's body was behind a house. Parker said that although autopsies of the women's bodies have been completed, the bodies were so badly decomposed that a medical examiner has not yet determined their causes of death. "We aren't sure if (the three women's deaths) are related, but we are considering it," Parker said in June. The FBI is assisting in the investigation into the women's deaths. Lumberton, located in between Wilmington and Charlotte, has about 21,000 people. Parker said that before she disappeared, Patterson had been discharged from drug rehab and come to town to visit her mom. He said she called an acquaintance to pick her up and has not been heard from since. He called the case an "active missing person" investigation and said they have "no information, not even a rumor" that Patterson is deceased. WNCN reports that authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads them to Patterson. She's described by police as standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She has light skin, with a birth mark on the back left thigh and a bird tattoo on her shoulder, police say. |
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| Begood | Nov 28 2017, 06:09 AM Post #3 |
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Abby Patterson disappearance: $10K reward offered in missing woman case Cristina Corbin By Cristina Corbin | Fox News Abby Patterson, above, disappeared from Lumberton, N.C., on Sept. 5. (Family photo ) A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of a woman who disappeared nearly two months ago after leaving her family's rural North Carolina home. Abby Patterson, 20, told her mother she'd return in an hour when she left her Lumberton, N.C., home on Sept. 5 and stepped into an old brown Buick driven by a "male acquaintance," according to police. She has not been seen or heard from since. Patterson vanished from the same area where three other women were found dead within the last six months -- though authorities do not believe there is a connection between Patterson and the victims. "Anything is possible but we do not think they're related," Lumberton Police Capt. Terry Parker told Fox News on Wednesday. The Robesonian newspaper reported that an increased reward of $10,000 is being offered for any tips leading to the location of Patterson, who had just been released from a drug rehabilitation center at the time of her disappearance. A local chicken-processing facility is adding $5,000 to the reward money already being offered by the woman's family, Patterson's sister, Sandy Bryan, told the newspaper. "We know she's not out there by choice," Bryan said. "She talks to my mom every day, and we haven’t heard from her since (she was seen getting into the Buick)." Abby Patterson 2 Patterson is pictured in an undated family photo. Investigators discovered the body of Christina Bennett, 32, on April 18 inside an abandoned home in Lumberton — a city of close to 22,000 people in Robeson County. That same day, the remains of Rhonda Jones were found in a nearby trash container. Neighborhood resident 28-year-old Megan Oxendine was interviewed by a local news station at the time Jones' body was discovered. Weeks later, on June 3, Oxendine's remains were found about 500 feet away from where the other bodies were found. There were no obvious signs of trauma to the victims, and police are still waiting for official autopsy reports from the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh. An FBI spokeswoman previously confirmed to Fox News that the bureau is assisting local police with the death investigations. Patterson is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. She has light skin, with a birthmark on the back of her left thigh and a bird tattoo on her shoulder. In the case of Patterson, police said they have identified the man last seen with the young woman, who was living in Florida and visiting her mother in Lumberton for two days when she disappeared. "We think it’s someone she knew, but we're not sure," said Parker, who did not name the man or say whether he's considered a person of interest in the case. Anyone with information on Patterson's whereabouts or on the deaths of Bennett, Jones and Oxendine is urged to call the Lumberton Police Department at (910) 671-3845. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/03/abby-...woman-case.html |
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