NC NC - Timeka Pridgen, 16, La Grange, 12 May 2001

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Lenoir County Sheriff Jackie Rogers announced his office was actively investigating the case of Timeka Pridgen, who was reported missing from her South Street home in La Grange on May 12, 2001. Pridgen was 16 when she went missing.

Despite previous work in the case by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office and the NC State Bureau of Investigation, there have been no arrests. In 2003, a $5,000 reward was offered by the Governor’s Office for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible in Pridgen’s disappearance. That reward remains in effect, according to Rogers.

“We are hoping fresh sets of investigative eyes and the discovery of a potential witness will allow us to advance this case to closure,” Rogers said in a media release from Lenoir County Public Information Office Bryan Hanks.

Anyone with any information in this matter is urged to contact the LCSO at 252-559-6110or by ETIPS at https://www.lenoircountysheriff.com/etips.

Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office reopening 2001 cold case

KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office announced it is reopening a 2001 cold case of a 16-year-old girl who went missing. Lenoir County Sheriff Jackie Rogers announce…

www.wnct.com

 

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April 26 2023

 

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Could someone with a NamUs account please post any rule-outs in her case? thnx

 

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May 13 2024 rbbm

Sunday marks 23 years since Lenoir Co. teen disappearance, authorities sharing new details in missing person cold case today

The press conference is at 11 a.m. at the Lenoir County Courthouse.

www.witn.com

''KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office says a press conference is happening Monday morning to share new details in a cold case.

Officials say Sheriff Jackie Rogers and deputies will reveal new findings in a years-long investigation of a missing person.''

''The press conference is at 11 a.m. at the Lenoir County Courthouse.''

 

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Timeka Donyale Pridgen – The Charley Project

Last updated May 14, 2024; details of disappearance updated.

Details of Disappearance​

Timeka was last seen at 10:15 p.m. in the living room at her residence on South Street in La Grange, North Carolina on May 12, 2001. Her mother, Cosandra Best, was waiting for her boyfriend, Eric Earl Mercer Moore Sr., to come home.

Best spoke to Moore on the phone and he said he would be home in five minutes. She planned to break up with him that night. She fell asleep after their phone conversation and when she woke up at approximately midnight, and discovered her daughter was gone and Moore wasn't at the residence either.

Authorities initially classified Timeka as a runaway and believed she may have traveled to Goldsboro, North Carolina. However, they now think she may have been forced out of her home by someone after she let the person inside. She was barefoot at the time of her disappearance and left all her belongings behind, including her purse, money and shoes.

Moore is considered a person of interest in Timeka's disappearance. He had prior convictions for kidnapping, assault, theft and a sex crime, something Best didn't discover until after Timeka vanished. In 2006, he was convicted again of sexually assaulting a minor and sent to prison for a twelve-year sentence, then released again.

A photo of Moore is posted with this case summary. He died of natural causes in October 2023. He was never charged in connection with Timeka's case and stated he was never at the apartment the night she disappeared, but investigators believe he was the person responsible in her case. His cellular phone pinged at a tower near her home that night, Best was expecting him to come over, and both Best and Best's mother thought they heard his car outside the house that night.

Timeka's mother stated her daughter was a typical teenager in 2001 and enjoyed drawing, and that she had no reason to run away from home. Her case remains unsolved.

 

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Timeka Donyale Pridgen – The Charley Project

Last updated May 14, 2024; details of disappearance updated.

Details of Disappearance​

Timeka was last seen at 10:15 p.m. in the living room at her residence on South Street in La Grange, North Carolina on May 12, 2001. Her mother, Cosandra Best, was waiting for her boyfriend, Eric Earl Mercer Moore Sr., to come home.

Best spoke to Moore on the phone and he said he would be home in five minutes. She planned to break up with him that night. She fell asleep after their phone conversation and when she woke up at approximately midnight, and discovered her daughter was gone and Moore wasn't at the residence either.

Authorities initially classified Timeka as a runaway and believed she may have traveled to Goldsboro, North Carolina. However, they now think she may have been forced out of her home by someone after she let the person inside. She was barefoot at the time of her disappearance and left all her belongings behind, including her purse, money and shoes.

Moore is considered a person of interest in Timeka's disappearance. He had prior convictions for kidnapping, assault, theft and a sex crime, something Best didn't discover until after Timeka vanished. In 2006, he was convicted again of sexually assaulting a minor and sent to prison for a twelve-year sentence, then released again.

A photo of Moore is posted with this case summary. He died of natural causes in October 2023. He was never charged in connection with Timeka's case and stated he was never at the apartment the night she disappeared, but investigators believe he was the person responsible in her case. His cellular phone pinged at a tower near her home that night, Best was expecting him to come over, and both Best and Best's mother thought they heard his car outside the house that night.

Timeka's mother stated her daughter was a typical teenager in 2001 and enjoyed drawing, and that she had no reason to run away from home. Her case remains unsolved.

So he was able to force her out withtout waking up the mother ?