Found Deceased NC - Patricia Loveless, 62, Lincolnton, 13 March 2015

After following up on several tips from the community, the Lincolnton Police Department, along with the Lincoln County Special Operations Team, will be conducting water searches of various bodies of water in the area Thursday.
Saturday, both entities will be conducting land searches in the areas Loveless was last seen and known to frequent. The search will take place between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday.
If you have any information that may assist officers in this case, please call (704) 736-8900.

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The Lincolnton Police Department is recirculating information about a woman who went missing in mid-March of this year...

Police say Loveless doesn't drive, and several neighbors say they used to see her walking to and from Food Lion and Walgreens nearly every day.

At this point, police say they're relying on help from the community.

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The Public Works Department was working in a wooded area off Gamble Drive in Lincolnton Wednesday when they came across skeletal remains.

Just as a precaution, Lincolnton Police are treating the scene like a homicide, though investigators say it does not appear foul play is involved.

Police say it appears the remains have been there about two years.

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Investigators have identified a body found in a wooded area in Lincoln County Wednesday as a woman reported missing in 2015.

Patricia Linn Loveless was reported missing by a friend in March 2015. Police said she was known to "routinely walked down East Main Street and North General’s Blvd frequenting businesses in these areas."


Loveless' body, which police said Wednesday had likely been there for years, was found in an isolated area near Hollice Henderson Road around 11 a.m. A public works crew working on a sewer line made the discovery.

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