ELIZABETH "LIZ" STONGER * AGE 27 * LIVES IN LOWELL, NC * LAST SEEN IN BELMONT, NC * 10/14/12
It’s been 17 days since Liz Stonger was last seen driving her burgu
It’s been 17 days since Liz Stonger was last seen driving her burgu
ndy Chevrolet Lumina away from the parking lot at Walmart in Belmont where she worked.
The 27-year-old single mother left the store Oct 14 at 1:15 p.m. on her lunch break, waved to a few people, drove away from the store alone and vanished. Her family hasn’t had any communication with her since and says it’s unlike her to just pull up stakes and leave.
Police are baffled by Stonger’s whereabouts and hope someone steps forward with the key that will lead to some answers.
“At this point we don’t have any idea where she’s at,” said Belmont Police Chief Charlie Franklin, who doesn’t suspect foul play in the case at this time.
On the evening she disappeared, her cell phone was used in McDowell County. Since then, there’s been no activity on the phone. Police say she’s conducted no banking business, used no financial cards or any social media including her Facebook account.
‘A real homebody’
Elizabeth “Liz” Stonger of Lowell is originally from the Syracuse, N.Y., area. She lives with her 2-year-old son and her mother, Deb Grover.
She spoke alongside Liz Stonger’s sister, Amy Stonger, at a press conference at Belmont Police Department on Tuesday afternoon. They said it is uncharacteristic of Liz to drive far away and leave her son behind.
Amy Stonger has left messages for her sister on her Facebook page and is taking the search effort into her own hands, driving around McDowell County hoping to see her or her 1998 Chevrolet.
Grover describes her daughter as “a real homebody.” Amy Stonger said her sister doesn’t go out often and doesn’t have many friends. They said Liz Stonger has faced hardships including unsatisfying wages and the foreclosure of Grover’s home.
Grover said her daughter doesn’t have a boyfriend or any friends in the area of western North Carolina where the phone activity was detected. The family drove through McDowell County over the summer on a camping trip but didn’t stop there.
“I can’t even see her driving up there,” Amy Stonger said. She can’t believe her sister won’t be around on Halloween to be with her 2-year-old son and says that’s uncharacteristic of her. She didn’t pack a bag in preparation to leave and as cold weather moves in, police say they don’t know if she has shelter.
“It doesn’t look like she prepared to go away. We have no reason to believe that she would,” Grover said.
Concerns about safety
Chief Franklin said the department is working with authorities in the McDowell County area in a collaborative effort to find Stonger. He hopes someone will see her or her Chevrolet and that will help pinpoint her location.
She is 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has red hair and hazel eyes. Her family said she also has a lot of tattoos.
“My gut tells me that she’s going to come home and I’m going to beat her up when she gets here,” Grover said.
Amy Stonger said she constantly wonders where her sister went, if she’s safe and if she needs help.
The North Carolina license plate on Liz Stonger’s burgundy Chevy is ABC-6609. The paint on the sedan is faded and a “happy bunny” sticker is on the fuel door. There is also a sticker on the rear windshield of a stick figure family that resembles a woman and child skeleton.
Anyone with information on Stonger’s whereabouts is asked to call the Belmont Police Department at 704-825-3792. The investigating officer on the case is Detective A. Buchanon.
http://www.gastongazette.com/
The 27-year-old single mother left the store Oct 14 at 1:15 p.m. on her lunch break, waved to a few people, drove away from the store alone and vanished. Her family hasn’t had any communication with her since and says it’s unlike her to just pull up stakes and leave.
Police are baffled by Stonger’s whereabouts and hope someone steps forward with the key that will lead to some answers.
“At this point we don’t have any idea where she’s at,” said Belmont Police Chief Charlie Franklin, who doesn’t suspect foul play in the case at this time.
On the evening she disappeared, her cell phone was used in McDowell County. Since then, there’s been no activity on the phone. Police say she’s conducted no banking business, used no financial cards or any social media including her Facebook account.
‘A real homebody’
Elizabeth “Liz” Stonger of Lowell is originally from the Syracuse, N.Y., area. She lives with her 2-year-old son and her mother, Deb Grover.
She spoke alongside Liz Stonger’s sister, Amy Stonger, at a press conference at Belmont Police Department on Tuesday afternoon. They said it is uncharacteristic of Liz to drive far away and leave her son behind.
Amy Stonger has left messages for her sister on her Facebook page and is taking the search effort into her own hands, driving around McDowell County hoping to see her or her 1998 Chevrolet.
Grover describes her daughter as “a real homebody.” Amy Stonger said her sister doesn’t go out often and doesn’t have many friends. They said Liz Stonger has faced hardships including unsatisfying wages and the foreclosure of Grover’s home.
Grover said her daughter doesn’t have a boyfriend or any friends in the area of western North Carolina where the phone activity was detected. The family drove through McDowell County over the summer on a camping trip but didn’t stop there.
“I can’t even see her driving up there,” Amy Stonger said. She can’t believe her sister won’t be around on Halloween to be with her 2-year-old son and says that’s uncharacteristic of her. She didn’t pack a bag in preparation to leave and as cold weather moves in, police say they don’t know if she has shelter.
“It doesn’t look like she prepared to go away. We have no reason to believe that she would,” Grover said.
Concerns about safety
Chief Franklin said the department is working with authorities in the McDowell County area in a collaborative effort to find Stonger. He hopes someone will see her or her Chevrolet and that will help pinpoint her location.
She is 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has red hair and hazel eyes. Her family said she also has a lot of tattoos.
“My gut tells me that she’s going to come home and I’m going to beat her up when she gets here,” Grover said.
Amy Stonger said she constantly wonders where her sister went, if she’s safe and if she needs help.
The North Carolina license plate on Liz Stonger’s burgundy Chevy is ABC-6609. The paint on the sedan is faded and a “happy bunny” sticker is on the fuel door. There is also a sticker on the rear windshield of a stick figure family that resembles a woman and child skeleton.
Anyone with information on Stonger’s whereabouts is asked to call the Belmont Police Department at 704-825-3792. The investigating officer on the case is Detective A. Buchanon.
http://www.gastongazette.com/
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