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Presenting American Music Award Winner and Multi-Platinum Artist Randy Jones (also known as Original Village People Cowboy)

Carolina Beach, NC, on the Royal Winner Princess II cruise boat, Sunday, June 6, 2010: boarding time 6:45p, 7-10p

Music: Featured headliner American Music Award winner and Multi-Platinum recording artist Randy Jones, (also known as the Original Village People Cowboy). One of the most beloved entertainers and pop icons from the Disco era, Randy came to embody The Village People “Cowboy” in a way that has captured the public imagination for decades. “RJ” has sold in excess of 100 million units in his recording and film career. He has starred in the motion pictures “Three Long Years”, “Facade”, “A Tale About Bootlegging” and “Can’t Stop the Music”, among others.

In his latest eclectic pop collection, Ticket to the World, RJ reveals yet another dimension of his ability which may surprise. With wide-ranging material by some of Pop music’s greatest songwriters, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Depeche Mode, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Neil Diamond and a gem by the Bee Gees, he reinvents a set of pop standards in a smooth, sexy style. Randy Jones’ official website is www.RandyJonesWorld.com and is available for media interviews.

Where: Aboard the Royal Winner Princess II, boarding in Carolina Beach, NC (Winner Cruise Boats, 100 Carl Winner Ave.)

When: Board time at 6:45p; 7p-10p

Ages: 16 years old and older, minors must be accompanied by an adult. Everyone will be carded who will be served alcohol to ensure only 21+ will be drinking on-board.

Tickets are $35 and 100% of net proceeds of every ticket benefits CUE Center for Missing Persons! CUE Center for Missing Persons focuses on finding the missing, advocating for their causes, and supporting their families.

Tickets will be sold at http://www.outimpact.com/events and for more information by calling (910) 538-0115 or (910) 538-4309. Credit card orders can be placed over the phone as well.

Out Impact will also be providing the first 100 guests who purchase tickets a special VIP gift bag! This is a limited engagement with only 250 tickets to be sold and this event will happen rain or shine. Smoking will be allowed on outside of boat only, not inside during the performance. No refunds..

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A Silver Alert is a public notification system to broadcast information about missing persons – especially seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in their return.

Silver Alerts use a wide array of media outlets — such as commercial radio stations, television stations, and cable TV — to broadcast information about missing persons. Silver Alerts also use variable-message signs on roadways to alert motorists to be on the lookout for missing seniors. In cases in which a missing person is believed to have gone missing on foot, Silver Alerts have used reverse 911 systems to notify nearby residents of the neighborhood surrounding the missing person’s last known location.

Activation criteria for Silver Alerts vary from state to state. Some states limit Silver Alerts to persons over the age of 65, who have been medically diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or similar mental disability. Other states expand Silver Alert to include all adults with mental of developmental disabilities. In general, the decision to Issue a Silver Alert is made by the law enforcement agency investigating the report of a missing person. Public information in a Silver Alert usually consists of the name and description of the missing person and a description of the missing person’s vehicle and license plate number.

Miles for Bryce Tarter Campaign

How is works…
You register at the site for “Miles for Bryce” and navigate to the county you live in or are familiar with, search for any road way and adopt it. Once you adopt the road or street, you must register that information to the site. This effort will aid the search for Bryce as it is imperative to locate his truck. Each ADOPTED” road or street that is driven down and searched by a person, will allow us to obtain knowledge of where Bryce’s truck is not; this campaign is open to everyone who would like to help in this case.

Purpose:
The idea for this campaign is to garner the attention of the general public and media outlets in an effort to aid the search for missing teen, Bryce Tarter and or his white truck.

Objective:
To challenge citizens of the Georgia state to help search for Bryce Tarter who remains missing along with his vehicle. We hope to eliminate roads, streets and highways in search of any clue his truck may have left behind. Our ultimate goal to locate missing, Bryce Tarter and afford his family a resolution.

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Missing since:01/30/10
Missing from: Savannah, GA
Classification: Missing
Age at disappearance: 19
Date of Birth:10/28/90
Height:6′0
Weight:155
Hair: Lt Brown
Eyes: Blue

Circumstances of Disappearance
Bryce was at Georgia Southern at a party  January 30.2010. He drove back to Armstrong Atlantic with some friends of his, who also had a dorm room. He did not live on campus, but was just hanging out with friends who did.It is believed he was heading home, in Guyton. The route  believed he would take would be Highway 204 to Old River Road. There are other routes as well but family believes this would have been the most logical.
He left in his White 2000 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab Short Bed with Maine plates#944 7QD.
He had two identifying stickers on the rear windows. On the passenger side was an ATL Braves “A” and on the drivers side was a Falcons symbol.

AASU Campus Police
Savannah, GA
912-344-3333

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Short Clip Horse Teams- CUE Center search for Bryce Tarter- 02-20-10 Savannah GA

Massive ground search planned for Bryce Tarter

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – Blake and Michaella Tarter don’t let a day go by without searching for their son, Bryce. “Every time we leave the house, we’re searching,” said Blake, Bryce’s dad.

The lack of clues of the 19-year-old’s whereabouts is wearing the Tarter family down. “Right now, we’re really no further along than we were twenty days ago,” exclaimed Blake. “I was frustrated two weeks ago. This is day 20. So amplify that.”

Bryce’s mom, Michaella, agreed. “It’s not until you’re in the middle of it that you realize, this is real,” she said,” And it’s heartbreaking. It is beyond difficult.”

Even more difficult, there’s been no activity on Bryce’s cell phone or bank accounts since he disappeared back on January 31 from an Armstrong Atlantic State University parking lot. His white, Nissan Frontier pick up truck is also gone.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations and other law enforcement agencies have also been combing the woods and waterways, but have turned up nothing.”It’s extremely frustrating, ” said Blake. “We just don’t understand how Bryce and the truck can disappear. Somebody knows something.”

They are hoping a massive ground search planned for Saturday will turn up some clue to where Bryce might be found.

Monica Caison with the Cue Center for Missing Persons has also joined the search for Bryce. She said it’s important for people to continue to look for the missing 19 year old and his truck. “It is vital that we find the truck,” she said. “If the truck has gone off the road, and if he is harmed, we may be past the point of a rescue, but we still want to locate him and help this family bring him home.”

That may be the only way Blake and Michaella finally get the answers they need. “My son deserves to come home,” Michaella said tearfully.

“At this point, we need some closure,” explained Blake. “We need to find Bryce. I mean, we can’t even grieve yet. We don’t know where he is.”

The Tarters are hoping the community will help them out on Saturday. There will be another massive search for Bryce starting at Scott Stell park off of Little Neck Road. They’re asking volunteers to meet at the park at 8am, and please bring valid identification.

They will search the Little Neck Road area, and will have another group travel to the Statesboro area. Bryce was also seen at a party near the Georgia Southern Campus the night before he disappeared.

The CUE Center is hoping any one with an ATV, or with horses, will help with the search. The family has setup a website to help spead information about the search for Bryce, visit www.bringbrycehome.com.

New search planned for Savannah student

February 19, 2010 By The Associated Press
Quick Summary

New search planned for Savannah college student missing since January

SAVANNAH, Ga. – (AP) — Police and volunteers in Savannah will resume searching this weekend for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who went missing nearly three weeks ago.

Bryce Tarter, 19, was last seen Jan. 31 when he left the campus at about 3 a.m. Campus Police Chief Wayne Wilcox says investigators suspect he most likely was headed home to Guyton, a neighboring city 35 miles west of Savannah.

Previous searches for Tarter of Kittery, Maine, have turned up no trace of the student or his truck, a white 2000 Nissan Frontier.

Wilcox said searchers on Saturday will retrace areas investigators have already checked in hopes of turning up new clues. He said police have found no evidence of foul play.

Traip grad Bryce Tarter still missing; massive search continues in Ga.

Traip Academy graduate Bryce Tarter remained missing Tuesday, 18 days after he was last seen early in the morning of Jan. 31, leaving the campus of Armstrong Atlantic State University in Georgia.

In the past week, said Lt. Joe Peny of the university’s police department, hundreds of law enforcement personnel from throughout eastern Georgia, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Savannah Metro Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol have joined the search.

Meanwhile, Tarter’s family has brought in an investigator from a North Carolina-based missing-persons organization, Community United Effort, which led volunteers scouring the area.

This week, Tarter’s story was profiled on the Web site of the television show “America’s Most Wanted,” and “Good Morning America” has contacted GBI agent Micah Ward.

Savannah police boats equipped with sonar have scanned the bottom of the Savannah River and other nearby waterways for evidence of Tarter’s white 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup truck. State Patrol helicopters have searched by air for the truck.

But neither Bryce nor his truck have been found.

The case is unusual, said Monia Caison of CUE, who arrived in Savannah last week. Caison has 16 years of experience investigating missing persons.

“I really thought I was going to go there and we would find him,” she said. “By now, the truck should have been found, with all the attention that’s being paid to this case.”

She said her organization alone had 75 volunteer searchers last Saturday, and fewer but still significant numbers every day last week.

“We had canine teams, ATVs and ground support, and we covered 27.2 miles, residential areas, wooded areas, side roads. I thought we would have found that truck,” she said.

She said she’s learned over the years to listen to the families of the missing person, and in this case, “his mother looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘My son did not just take off.’ He was very close to his mother, he was in honors classes and doing fine academically. This just doesn’t add up.”

Ward agreed. He said the case remains an active missing-person case and his office is still tracking leads. He said there’s “no real indication of foul play involved. I mean, anyone can be a victim of a random crime, but there tends to be so many clues in that kind of situation we’d have picked up on them by now.”

Bryce’s mother, Michaella, said the family is “trying to keep our spirits up.” She asked her friends in Kittery, Maine, to keep the prayers and support coming.

Meanwhile, she and her husband, Navy submariner Blake Tarter, wait for some news, any news.

“At this point, we’re getting frustrated, two and a half weeks into the investigation and they still haven’t found the truck,” she said. She said she’s heartened to hear the case is beginning to catch the attention of national media, “because it just means that many more people are looking for it.”

She said she wishes law enforcement authorities would share information more regularly with her family than they have been.

“We want to believe law enforcement is doing everything they possibly can. We just want to know. We sometimes feel like we’re bothering them. All we want to know is what’s going on,” she said. “Because our lives have stopped, and they won’t pick up again until Bryce is found.”

Bryce Tarter Search

The Coastal Source -02/13/10

It’s been almost two weeks since an Armstrong Atlantic State University student went missing. The search continues for 19-year-old Bryce Tarter, and now one national group has joined that search.

19-year-old Bryce Tarter returned to the Armstrong Atlantic State campus around 5:00 am the morning of January 31st, after a night of partying in Statesboro with some friends. He hasn’t been seen since.

Saturday morning, the search for Tarter resumed at various spots around the area. Law enforcement agencies from nearby departments and as far away as Florida helped with the search which is now being coordinated by the Center for Missing Persons out of North Carolina.

“What we’re trying to focus on is getting deeper into the wooded areas along the route that we believe is one of the routes he possibly has taken,” said Monica Caison of the Center for Missing Persons.” And we will continue to look at another alternate route we believe he could have taken from the college to go home.”

Home, is Effingham County, which is where Bryce was headed after returning to Armstrong that night. He was driving a white truck on his way home, and finding that truck is vital to the search.

“We ask that people in the area in Savannah and in Statesboro to please search their properties,” said Michaella Tarter, Bryce’s Mom. “If you are a real estate agent or you own commercial property, walk your property, his truck is somewhere we just need to concentrate on finding his truck.”

“We just feel confident that truck has to be in this area, ” added Monica Caison. “And we really need to locate it.”

Dealing with a missing son is tough enough, however, knowing that a group like Center for Missing Persons is helping find him is comforting to the family.

“They’ve worked with law enforcement,” said Michaella Tarter. “They’ve asked questions that I didn’t even know needed to be asked, so they’re instrumental in bringing my son home.”

Something that hopefully, she’ll be able to do sometime soon.

Since being called in on the case earlier this week, the Center for Missing Persons has gotten America’s Most Wanted to put Bryce’s story on their website, with hopes his case can be profiled on the television show perhaps as early as next week.

Family and friends continue to search for Bryce

Feb 13, 2010

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – One family is still not giving up hope that their loved one will be found alive.

Nineteen year old Bryce Tarter has been missing for almost two weeks.

The Cue Center for Missing Persons has joined the search for Bryce.

On Saturday they gathered at L. Scott Stell Community Park – where they broke into teams.

Law enforcement officers and concerned citizens used all terrain vehicles and search dogs to canvass several area’s they believe Bryce or his vehicle might be found.

“We are trying to eliminate areas,” said Bryce’s father Blake Tarter. “We have teams with four wheelers, teams on foot, teams with dogs searching the grid area down the route Bryce may have traveled. Honestly, I have mixed emotions. I hope that we don’t find anything, but by the same token it does give us piece of mind that once an area has been cleared, that he is not there. We can center our search in other directions.”

If you have any information on this case, please call the Cue Center for Missing persons.

We will have the latest as new information becomes available.

Search Continues for Missing College Student

On Jan. 30, 2010, Bryce Tarter had a fun night out with friends. After dropping them off at their dorm, Bryce headed back to his off-campus home. That was two weeks ago, and he hasn’t been seen since.

In the early hours of Jan. 31, 2010, Bryce Tarter vanished from the campus of Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga .

The spring semester had just started at AASU, where Bryce is a student. It had been a busy week of classes, and he and some friends decided to pile in his 2000 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab Truck for a party at Georgia Southern University.

It was well after midnight when they all returned to the AASU campus. A short time later, Bryce got back into his truck to head to his off-campus housing where he was living with his aunt and uncle. Bryce never made it. He and his truck have not been found.

Bryce’s family and friends are just sick with worry. It is totally out of character for him to not be in touch by phone or e-mail. There has been no activity on his cell phone or bank account since he disappeared.

AASU Campus Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are hard at work to solve this case. One search has already been conducted, and another one is planned for President’s Day Weekend. Family and friends are helping in the search, and the campus of AASU is plastered with posters of Bryce.

Let’s help find Bryce Tarter. If you have any information about his whereabouts, call us at 1-800-CRIME-TV.

• Family and friends continue search for Bryce – WALB AlbanyFamily and friends continue search for Bryce It’s been over three weeks since Bryce Tarter went missing, and on Saturday family and friends gathered at L. Scott Stell Park in southwest Savannah to continue to search.20 Feb 2010

• Massive ground search planned for Bryce Tarter – WTOC 11 SavannahMassive ground search planned for Bryce Tarter There’s still been no sign of the missing 19-year-old Armstrong Atlantic State University student. But his family isn’t giving up hope he will come home.20 Feb 2010

• New search planned for Savannah student – FOX 24 MaconNew search planned for Savannah student SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Police and volunteers in Savannah will resume searching this weekend for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who went missing nearly three weeks ago.19 Feb 2010
• New search planned for Savannah student – Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionNew search planned for Savannah student New search planned for Savannah student19 Feb 2010
• New search planned for Savannah student – News 12 AugustaNew search planned for Savannah student Bryce Tarter, 19, was last seen Jan. 31 when he left the campus at about 3 a.m.19 Feb 2010
• New search planned for missing AASU student – WTOC 11 SavannahNew search planned for missing AASU student Another search is scheduled for AASU student Bryce Tarter who has been missing for almost three weeks.19 Feb 2010
• New Search Planned for Missing AASU Student – WSAV SavannahNew Search Planned for Missing AASU Student Police and volunteers in Savannah will resume searching this weekend for Bryce Tarter, who went missing nearly three weeks ago.19 Feb 2010

• Traip grad Bryce Tarter still missing; massive search continues in Ga. – Portsmouth HeraldTraip grad Bryce Tarter still missing; massive search continues in Ga. Traip Academy graduate Bryce Tarter remained missing Tuesday, 18 days after he was last seen early in the morning of Jan. 31, leaving the campus of Armstrong Atlantic State University in Georgia.17 Feb 2010
• Cheerleaders aid effort to find friend – Portsmouth HeraldCheerleaders aid effort to find friend The hearts of so many Kittery, Maine, residents go out these days to the family of Traip Academy graduate Bryce Tarter, who has been missing since Jan. 31 from the Savannah, Ga., university he attended.17 Feb 2010
• Tarter Search Get Help from Billboards, National Website – WSAV SavannahTarter Search Get Help from Billboards, National Website Digital Billboards placed in several spots around Savannah. America’s Most Wanted interested in case of missing AASU student.15 Feb 2010
• Family and friends continue to search for Bryce – WTOC 11 SavannahFamily and friends continue to search for Bryce One family is still not giving up hope that their loved one will be found alive.13 Feb 2010

• Volunteers flood Statesboro with Bryce Tarter flyers – WTOC 11 SavannahVolunteers flood Statesboro with Bryce Tarter flyers Relatives, loved ones and even strangers passed out flyers with Bryce Tarter’s picture at the Walmart in Statesboro in hopes someone can help them find the missing 19-year-old.12 Feb 2010
• Marine patrol searches waterways for Bryce Tarter – WTOC 11 SavannahMarine patrol searches waterways for Bryce Tarter It was a clear and cold morning at Bell’s Landing as SCMPD marine patrol officers scanned Hoover Creek.11 Feb 2010
• Family of missing student still looking for answers after 12 days – WSAV SavannahFamily of missing student still looking for answers after 12 days 19 year old BryceTarter hasn’t been seen since the morning of January 31 when he dropped off two friends in Savannah at the AASU campus. His family believes he was headed to Guyton where he has been staying with relatives, but he never arrived. No one has seen him or his vehicle.11 Feb 2010
• More Agencies Getting Involved in Bryce Tarter Search – WSAV SavannahMore Agencies Getting Involved in Bryce Tarter Search 19 year old AASU student has been missing since January 31. Now South Carolina Search and Rescue and Missing Person’s group from North Carolina planning a new search this weekend.10 Feb 2010
• Missing teen’s family searching for answers – WCSH 6 PortlandMissing teen’s family searching for answers KITTERY, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Bryce Tarter was last seen around 3:30 in the morning on January 31st, driving away from the university where he is a student. He has not been seen or heard from since.10 Feb 2010
• Volunteers spread missing teen’s picture in Statesboro – WTOC 11 SavannahVolunteers spread missing teen’s picture in Statesboro Volunteers hope someone in Statesboro will spot Bryce Tarter or his pickup truck after they distribute flyers about the teen’s disappearance more than a week ago.10 Feb 2010
• Missing student’s parents now looking for surveillance video – WTOC 11 SavannahMissing student’s parents now looking for surveillance video Bryce Tarter was last scene on January 31 after he was dropped off by a friend on the school’s campus.10 Feb 2010
• Maine student missing in Georgia – WCSH 6 PortlandMaine student missing in Georgia PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Georgia are searching for a Kittery, Maine, man who is a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.10 Feb 2010
• Investigators search for missing Maine student – Bangor Daily NewsInvestigators search for missing Maine student PORTLAND, Maine — Authorities in Georgia are searching for a Kittery man who is a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. Bryce Tarter, 19, was last seen leaving campus on …10 Feb 2010
• Search in Georgia for missing Maine student – Maine TodaySearch in Georgia for missing Maine student PORTLAND — Authorities in Georgia are searching for a Kittery man who is a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah.10 Feb 2010
• CUE Center joins in on search for AASU student – WTOC 11 SavannahCUE Center joins in on search for AASU student For the last ten days, family and friends of Bryce Tarter have been searching for the missing teen. Now the CUE Center for Missing Persons is joining the search.09 Feb 2010
• Family of missing student pleads for information – FOX30 / CBS47 JacksonvilleFamily of missing student pleads for information JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Bryce Tarter grew up in Camden County, and disappeared from his Georgia college campus.09 Feb 2010
• GBI joins search for Armstrong student – Savannah Morning NewsGBI joins search for Armstrong student The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has joined local efforts to find an Armstrong Atlantic State University student missing more than a week.09 Feb 2010
• GBI joins search for Bryce Tarter – WTOC 11 SavannahGBI joins search for Bryce Tarter It’s been eight days and still no signs of AASU student Bryce Tarter. Now, the GBI has joined the search.08 Feb 2010
• Authorities search for missing Ga. student – The Union-RecorderAuthorities search for missing Ga. student Authorities are searching for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who went missing a week ago. Bryce Tarter, 19, was last seen leaving campus on Jan. 31 and university spokesman Francisco Duque said campus police were notified he was missing days later.08 Feb 2010
• Authorities search for missing Georgia student – WFXL Southwest GeorgiaAuthorities search for missing Georgia student Monday, February 08, 2010 at 1:17 p.m. (AP) — Authorities are searching for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who went missing a week ago.08 Feb 2010
• Search On For Missing College Student – WSB-TV 2 AtlantaSearch On For Missing College Student Bryce Tarter may be driving a white Nissan Frontier with Braves and Falcons stickers in the rear window.08 Feb 2010
• Search intensifies for missing AASU student – Savannah Morning NewsSearch intensifies for missing AASU student The search continued Sunday for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who went missing one week earlier.08 Feb 2010
• Teen with local ties disappears – FOX30 / CBS47 JacksonvilleTeen with local ties disappears JACKSONVILLE, Fla — It’s been about a week since a teen with local ties disappeared without a trace.08 Feb 2010
• A search party is held for the missing AASU student – WTOC 11 SavannahA search party is held for the missing AASU student The missing Armstrong Atlantic student hasn’t been seen since early last Sunday morning. Now family, friends and even strangers are working together to find the missing teen.07 Feb 2010
• Dozens Gather to Search for Missing AASU Student Bryce Tarter – WSAV SavannahDozens Gather to Search for Missing AASU Student Bryce Tarter The search for missing Armstrong Atlantic State University student Bryce Tarter drew family, friends, and even strangers out Saturday in the hope of finding some clues about where the teen might be.06 Feb 2010

• Traip graduate is missing – Portsmouth HeraldTraip graduate is missing Michaella Tarter said she is living through a parent’s worst nightmare. “There are no words,” she said.05 Feb 2010
• Still no sign of missing student – WTOC 11 SavannahStill no sign of missing student The search for Armstrong Atlantic State University student, Bryce Tarter, continues.04 Feb 2010
• Family Setting Up Search Party to Help Find Missing AASU Student – WSAV SavannahFamily Setting Up Search Party to Help Find Missing AASU Student The family of 19 Yr Old Bryce Tarter is setting up a search party Saturday morning at Armstrong Atlantic to help search area for sign of Missing Student. It starts Saturday morning at 10am at AASU’s campus.04 Feb 2010
• AASU student still missing – WTOC 11 SavannahAASU student still missing Nineteen-year-old Bryce Tarter was last seen driving off the Armstrong Atlantic State University campus. Friends thought he was heading home, but he never made it.04 Feb 2010
• Authorities Searching for Missing AASU Student – WSAV SavannahAuthorities Searching for Missing AASU Student Family members and authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding Bryce Tarter, a 19-year-old student.03 Feb 2010
• Parents searching for missing son – WTOC 11 SavannahParents searching for missing son A family is searching for their missing son, 19-year-old Bryce Tarter, and they need your help.03 Feb 2010

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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News 14 Carolina in cooperation with the Cue Center for Missing Persons in Wilmington, is taking a closer look at some unsolved missing persons cases around our state.

Friends hope new information will lead to justice

Debbie Key disappeared from a Carrboro bar in 1997. Authorities believe she was murdered, but her body was never found. A man even confessed to killing her, but that admission was thrown out, leaving friends and family wondering if justice will ever be served.

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

Americas Most Wanted Website

Family Of Missing Man Expects Death

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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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-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.

Harrington Family Website

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© 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.

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