Showing posts with label 1999. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1999. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Teresa Dianne Shannon





On February 4, 1999, Teresa Dianne Shannon was reported missing by her family after she did not return from the Western Sizzlin’ Steak House in Lugoff, SC. She was last seen driving a burgundy 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 2-door, SC tag 605-CJY.

It is unknown what she was last wearing.

Race: White
Sex: Female
Height: 5’09”
Weight: 275 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Age: 49 yoa when last seen

If you have any information about this case, please call Sumter County Sheriff 803-436-2000 or email us with the information and we’ll follow up on it immediately. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 803-436-2718.



Case Report - NamUs MP # 5602

Lisa Ann Meyers Neugent





DATE DISAPPEARED 08-SEP-1999 LOCATION Conway, SC 


CIRCUMSTANCES

On Sept. 8, 1999 Lisa Neugent, from Rockingham County, N.C., called her parents on the way to Cherry Grove Beach to help her boyfriend with a construction project he was working on. She was never heard from again. According to reports, Neugent was looking to escape an abusive marriage she was in with another man. She married her first husband in 1997. Two years later she met a new boyfriend and moved with him almost immediately to his home in Conway. She found work as a courier in her new town. 

According to her friends, her new boyfriend was very possessive of her, but in spite of this they were very happy together for the next two years. In September of 1999 Neugent’s parents came to visit. On the last night of her parents’ visit Neugent’s boyfriend did not return home. Neugent confided in her parents that he was using drugs and they persuaded her to come to Rockingham County with them and she agreed. Her boyfriend began calling her the next day. Then he came there looking for her. He told her parents that he had rented a nearby hotel room so that Lisa and he could discuss their relationship and that he would return her the next day. Instead he took her to Cherry Grove to work on a home improvement project. 

On Sept. 12, he phoned one of Neugent’s friends and claimed that Lisa left the Sea Mist Resort in Cherry Grove where they were staying and took their dog and $1,200 out of his pockets while he was asleep. There was no sign of Neugent at their home in Conway. Management for the home stated that Neugent’s boyfriend had moved out weeks before and there was no sign of Neugent at the home. Neugent’s boyfriend was arrested one month later on narcotics and burglary charges in Georgia but he never appeared on his charges. He also is wanted in South Carolina for child support. Neugent is still considered a missing person as no evidence of foul play was ever uncovered. Her case remains unsolved and open.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Brooke Leigh Henson


Brooke Leigh Henson was known as "Brookey" to her friends. She was a fun-loving girl, who enjoyed shopping with her mother and hiking in the South Carolina mountains. In fact, she loved the outdoors -- that's the place she felt most at home. Mysteriously, on July 4, 1999, she vanished and police suspect foul play.

Police say on July 3, 1999, Brooke hosted a party with several of her friends. Unfortunately, Brooke and her boyfriend had a disagreement that night and Brooke wanted to take a walk to get some fresh air.

She left at 2:30 a.m. and planned to walk to a convenience store two blocks away. Brooke was last seen walking along Henderson Drive in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. Police have followed numerous leads since her disappearance but have been unable to find Brooke. 
Americas Most Wanted

Brooke Henson goes missing, and someone steals her identity.  The story of the stolen identity, although quite interesting and fascinating, seems to overshadow the fact that the real Brooke Henson is still missing.

Rolling Stone 2009 Article:
"The officer told her that he had gotten a curious call from police detectives in South Carolina who were trying to crack a missing-person case. "There's something I need to ask you," the officer continued. "Are you Brooke Henson?" The young woman who had disappeared from the rural South Carolina town of Travelers Rest seven years earlier? The girl whose grieving family had been searching for her ever since? The Brooke Henson who was presumed murdered?"
Ten years ago, two girls went missing. Esther found her way back; Brooke didn't. And so the story of two lost girls narrows to one.


Details of Disappearance

Henson resided with her family in Travelers Rest, South Carolina in 1999. She hosted a party with several friends during the evening of July 3, 1999. Henson’s parents returned from a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina at approximately 2:00 AM on July 4. She was sitting on their front porch at the time of their arrival. Henson said that she and her boyfriend had a disagreement earlier that night. She told her family members that she planned to walk to Willis’ store on the corner of Hawkins Road and Poinsett Highway to purchase cigarettes. Henson departed from the house at approximately 2:30 AM and was last seen walking along Henderson Drive. The store is approximately two blocks from her residence. She never returned home.

Henson’s loved ones stated that it is extremely uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning. Her family said that authorities did not begin a search of the area until three weeks after her disappearance. Investigators reportedly believed that Henson left of her own accord and expected her to return shortly afterwards.

In June 2006, the Travelers Rest police department got report that a Columbia University student registered using Henson’s name, birth date and social security number. Police believe the woman was actually Esther Elizabeth Reed. Police believe Reed stole Henson’s identity in order to be accepted to and attend Columbia University.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Travelers Rest Police Department
(864) 23-CRIME
OR
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
(803) 737-9000

If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.