Donnie Lee Payne
Missing since: 09/15/08
Missing from: Cleveland,Tennessee
Classification: Missing Endangered
Age at Disappearance: 74
Date Of Birth: 02/27/35
White Male
Height: 5′10
Weight: 125
Hair: Brown/Graying
Eyes: Brown
Clothing: Darkpants or blue jeans, plaid flannel shirt
Scars: Previous open heart surgery. Missing several front teeth
Circumstances of Disappearance
Payne was last seen on foot collecting cans from a dumpster near Ocoee Village Apts near 2nd & Lowery Street in Cleveland Tennessee by a resident on 09/14/08 around 11:00 A.M. A resident of the apartment building stated it was at the 3rd dumpster where he was last seen.
Payne has not been seen since. His case remains unsolved.
Donnie Lee Payne
Family Of Missing Man Expects Death
Cleveland: Family offers $1,000 reward for information on missing man
Smokey Mountain Man’s Simple Life Scarred By Tragedy
At 73, Donnie Payne lived a quiet, simple life in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains in rural Cleveland, Tenn. He lived with his wife of just nine months, Hazel, and his beloved dog, a Jack Russell Terrier.
Donnie loved being outdoors, and enjoyed fishing and camping. Among his favorite places is an area known as Price’s Creek on the Hiwassee River.
Wherever he went, he was always wearing a plaid shirt, dark pants and sporting some kind of hat, and he always had his beloved dog by his side.
Like his life, his culinary tastes were simple, and preferred the local diner rather than some fancy place.
No one knows what happened to him on September 14, 2008 to make him disappear. The last anyone saw or heard from him, he was headed out to look for aluminum cans.
Law enforcement says there may or may not be foul play. They just don’t know.
Sadly, just one month after he went missing, his beloved wife Hazel died.
Several years prior to Donnie’s disappearance, there was an arson on his property, and a dear friend of his died.
Police have ruled out any connection between the persons responsible for the fire and Donnie’s disappearance.
According to members of Donnie’s family, there have been many rumors about foul play.
One is that he was killed for a mere $200 and thrown into a dumpster.
While they fear the worst, they want to know what happened to him. They hope the right person will hear their cry for help and provide police with the information they need to solve the case.
Investigative Agency:
Bradley County Sheriffs Office ( Tennessee)
(423) 728-7339
With his great grandaughter (a great grandfather)
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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In Loving Memory- Morgan Harrington
-CUE Center For Missing Persons extend our deepest sympathy to the Harrington family as they begin this new direction in their journey. Our hearts,our thoughts and our prayers go out to them.-
A new phone number has been established by the Virginia State Police just for Harrington information on the location of the body: 434-709-1685.
Roanoke Times Obituary
The world has lost it’s best hugger. The incomparable Morgan Dana Harrington was torn from us on October 17, 2009. Morgan, age 20, was a shiny, loving, beautiful original. She was very much loved by her family, her friends, and her community, which has now expanded to include much of the world. We cherish the time we had with Morgan and are grateful for the breadth and variety of experiences we were able to share in her tragically abbreviated life. Morgan was born on July 24, 1989 in Charlottesville, Virginia and died there in October 2009. She was an avid music fan, a champion of children’s rights, and planned a career in education. To recognize some of Morgan’s passions we ask that, in lieu of flowers, gifts to honor Morgan’s memory be made to the Morgan Dana Harrington Memorial Scholarship at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine or to OMNI Orphan Medical Network International, an organization that provides medical care in Africa. Scholarship donations may be mailed to : Virginia Tech, Attn: Gift Accounting, University Development (0336)Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, and OMNI donations to 6930 Empire Lane Roanoke, Virginia 24018. Our reconfigured family, Dan, Gil, and Alex plan on honoring Morgan with a Mass 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 5, 2010 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church. A reception to celebrate Morgan’s life will follow at the Hotel Roanoke. We are grief stricken by her death but also lifted by the knowledge that Morgan Dana Harrington was precious to so many and will not be forgotten. She mattered to us all.
The Roanoke Times
© January 28, 2010
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Dan and Gil Harrington, the parents of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, joined her brother, Alex, and a handful of reporters on Charlottesville’s Copeley Road bridge this afternoon to thank the public for their assistance in helping to find their daughter since her October disappearance.
Harrington’s body was discovered yesterday morning in an Albemarle County field. She had been missing since Oct. 17, 2009, when she disappeared from a Metallica concert at John Paul Jones Arena on the University of Virginia campus.
While her parents declined to discuss the specifics of the case, her mother told the crowd of reporters who had gathered at the bridge that, from what the family had gathered through their conversations with police, “it’s very likely that Morgan did not live through the concert.”
Gil Harrington discussed the agony of the three months since her daughter had gone missing, not knowing where she was or who might be harming her. Not knowing, she said, was more painful than knowing.
For the first time in 101 days, she said, “I’m not thinking every minute, ‘What is he doing to my daughter?’”
The Harringtons told reporters that, now that their daughter’s body has been found, they’re focused on finding her killer. Dan Harrington said the location of her remains suggests a local link to her death.
“This is not a random place where someone would drop off a body,” he said.
The Virginia State Police continue to seek tips. Anyone with information is asked to call the state police tip line at (434) 352-3467.
When they had finished talking to reporters, the Harrington family tied a black ribbon to a light pole on the Copeley Road bridge where a yellow one had been. “Our sorrow,” Gil Harrington said, “is etched on our faces, and our pain has been carved on our hearts.”
Surrounded by media, Alex Harrington arranges flowers at a memorial for his sister Morgan Harrington on at the Copeley Bridge in Charlottsville, where Morgan was last seen. The missing Virginia Tech student’s body was found Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 on a farm south of Charlottesville.
Search Info
January 25, 2010 by Linda
Filed under Search Info
All search efforts are conducted by professional volunteers for missing persons and are funded by the CUE Center; all funds used are from donations and fund raisers held annually. If you would like to donate to the search and recovery fund, you may use the pay pal service or mail the center directly at the address listed below, thank you.
CUE Center for Missing Persons PO Box 12714 Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
YOU CAN YOU HELP… IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL SEARCH PERSONNEL OR SEARCH TEAM?
To register your team or yourself for our national call out in the search effort for missing persons across our nation please click on the volunteer tab with in this site and download the application.
Resources & Links
January 25, 2010 by Linda
Filed under Resources & Links
CUE Center does work with many of the organizations listed in this area; you may contact the center for a referral. Below you will find links and resources to help you in your search for missing persons; cue center does not endorse any organization or it’s service. If you would like to link to cue, please contact the center before you post a link. The same is requested for the use of the cue logo before placed on a site or used in a public manner.
Joseph Carl Pike
Missing since: 07/06/09
Missing from: Mount Airy, North Carolina
Classification: Missing
Date of Birth: 08/03/73
Age at Disappearance: 36
White Male
Height: 5′3
Weight: 145
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Facial Hair: Goatee
Medical Conditions: Prior open heart surgery,spinal fusions. Has rods in left ankle.
CIrcumstances of Disappearance:
Pike was last seen 06/26/09 by a neighbor walking down Linwood Drive in Surry City , North Carolina with a male acquaintance carrying fishing rods. Others have reported seeing Pike at a store called “Swift Stop” in the community of Mt Airy/ Flatrock. Shortly after Pike’s disappearance, a burnt camping tent was found in the woods that belonged to the male acquaintance that Pike was last known to be seen with. Pike may travel to the State of Florida.
Investigative Agency:
Surry County Sheriff Department ( Dobson, North Carolina)
(336) 401-8900
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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National Conference
WE ARE STILL TAKING REGISTRATION FOR THIS YEARS CONFERENCE, REGISTER NOW….
Missing Persons National Round Table Conference 2010
“EXPANDING THE VISION”
Where: Holiday Inn Conference Center 5032 Market Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
When: March 18th thru 21st, 2010
Fee of $300.00 covers all conference lodging, meals and materials
Thank you to our Major Sponsors 2010
Want to Sponsor CUE National Conference? Download our 2010 Sponsor Packet here
In March the CUE Center for Missing Persons will host its 6th annual “National Round Table Conference”, bringing people from across nation together once more to aid in national awareness of missing people.
You should plan to arrive Thursday anytime after 4:00 pm and depart anytime after 2:00 pm on Sunday
Meet and Greet – March 18th, Thursday 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Refreshments Provided)
Training, Speakers and Victims Hour - March 19th, Friday (All Day – Lunch, Snacks & Dinner Provided)
Friday Night Sponsors Party - March 19th, Friday – 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Training, Speakers - March 20th, Saturday (All Day – Lunch, Snacks & Dinner Provided)
National Candle Light Vigil Service – March 20th, Saturday – 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Recognitions/Closing Remarks/ Round Table Discussions – March 21st, Sunday (ending 1:00 pm)
TRAINING SESSION, Certificate Classes
* Fundamentals of Advocacy - Instructor, Brad Dennis (Klaaskids Search Center)
* Death, Identification, Investigation Matters - Instructor, Diana Trepkov
(Certified Forensic Artist (IAI) Forensic Identification Services
* Rules to follow while Writing Grants & Questions Asked- Instructor, Beth Gaglione (BG Consulting, Proprietor)
GUEST SPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Who Should Attend?
Families of the Missing
Non Profit Organizations and Organizations Alike
Advocates for Missing Persons and Crime Victims
Private Investigators
Law Officials
Coroners and Death Investigators
Search and Rescue/Recovery Teams
Public and Social Agencies
Counselor Services, Trauma/Grief
Volunteer and Community Leaders seeking professional training
The event will focus on improving communication among agencies, learning about each other’s services, exchanging ideas, and creating a unified support system for victims. The conference will also feature professional education/training/techniques, advanced technology, advocacy, investigation and exploring other aspects of missing person cases.
Our primary focus is to offer a safe place for those who suffer a missing loved one and educate those who work daily for missing persons, the search thereof. The conference promises all attendees to be informative, presenting new technology and offer ideas to make a difference in the way missing person cases are handled. Our main stream goal is to provide resources and technique in locating the missing and or lost.
All attendees will receive a certificate for each training session from various agencies and a plaque from the conference in general. Rooms and meals will be provided by the host “CUE Center for Missing Persons and covered by your registration fee. Transportation for arrival and departures from Wilmington airport will be provided. This event will be powerful and we hope you will make plans to participate.
Information will be updated often on training, speakers and other activities; please request a registration form; you can RSVP now with the online registration form, as space will be limited.
For more information please contact the CUE Center (910) 343-1131
Email CUE: cuecenter@aol.com
Thanking you in advance for your much-needed participation in this important event.
National Round Table Conference Goals:
- Sharing a trained and professional view for solving cold case and search there of; missing persons
- Understanding the resources available to be deployed when needed, what their capabilities are and how to obtain them.
- Exploring the relevant positive and negative experiences of people who have experienced a missing loved one.
- Creating new approaches to missing persons cases, and effectively deploying available resources; building communication and support
- Developing a high-level view of the modifications needed to our current resources and organizational community over the next five years.
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National Candle Light Service
Honoring the nations missing and memory of the recovered victims
Laura Beth Whitten
January 18, 2010 by Linda
Filed under CUE Alerts, General
Missing since :01/24/09
Missing from: Magnolia, North Carolina
Classification: Missing
Date of Birth: 12/23/78
Age at Disappearance: 31
White Female
Height: 5′7
Weight: 130
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Details of disappearance
Last known to be in the company of a white male driving a 2005 BMW.
Direction of travel unknown. Family members state that Laura appeared to be distraught prior to her disappearance.
When Laura last communicated via text in March of 2009 she gave an Aberdeen, NC address.
Few details are available in regards to her case.
Investigative Agency
Duplin County Sheriff
910-296-2150
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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Ronald Paul Cabana
Missing Since: 06/18/02
Missing from: Jackson County, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Age at disappearance: 55
Height: 5′8
Weight: 150 lbs
White male
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Cabana wore a beard and moustache at the time of his disappearance.
Medical Conditions: Cabana suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He was hospitalized for these conditions a few days before his disappearance.
Details of Disappearance
Cabana reported missing in Jackson County, Florida on June 18, 2002, after his relatives had not heard from him in several days. When police went to check his house, they found the driveway gate closed and locked. Cabana’s house was also locked, his wallet and cellular phone were inside, and the security system was turned on. He has never been heard from again.
Cabana was hospitalized for his mental illness a few days before he vanished. In addition to being listed as a missing person. Cabana has visited Costa Rica in the past, but there is no indication that he is there now. His case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
850-482-9624
OR
Crime Stoppers
850-526-5000
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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Emillie Victoria Hoyt
Missing Since: December 2005
Missing from: Highland Beach, Florida
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: 10/07/82
Age at disappearance: 23
Height: 5′6
Weight: 100-111 lbs.
Hair Color: Light Brown Dyed Blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Race: White
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Characteristics: She has a tribal tattoo
on her right shoulder and “plug” style ear piercing
Circumstances of Disappearance
Hoyt was last seen in Highland Beach, Florida sometime during December 2005. She called her brother in Portland, Oregon to tell him she was mailing him a Christmas present. She asked him to call her when it arrived. When Hoyt’s brother tried to call her, he got a message back from her boyfriend, who said he’d ordered her out of his house and taken her phone, which he was paying for. He said he thought Hoyt had gone to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Hoyt’s family contacted the police in Florida after waiting a few weeks without hearing from her. The police refused to take a missing persons report at the time, saying there was no evidence Hoyt was in danger. Years passed before they agreed to list Hoyt as missing.
Hoyt is described as a very sensitive, artistic individual. Her father died when she was four, and her family moved at least nineteen times during her childhood. Her relationship with her boyfriend, who was about twenty years older than her, was troubled and she’d told her family she planned to leave him. Little evidence is available as to her fate. Some accounts give January 1, 2006 as the date Hoyt went missing.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Highland Beach,Florida Police Department
Bob Devito
(561) 266-5800
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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