Heather McDonald Timeline
Sept 17-Sept 18 Heather at possible weekend getaway with friend in Acworth (according to husband)**
Sept 18, 2016 (Morning) Heather last seen leaving the house of a different friend**
Sept 18, 2016 Last known communication w/Heather-told family she was staying w/friend**
Sept 19, 2016 (morning) Heather left home to stay with an old friend (according to husband)**
Sept 19, 2016 (around noon) Heather called husband and had brief convo (according to husband)**
Sept 19, 2016 (no time specified) Heather seen at the Courtesy Inn on Hwy 411 (according to police)
Sept 19, 2016 --9:30 PM* Police find Heather's rental car, a red Jeep Wrangler, found at Courtesy Inn on Hwy 411, no sign of Heather (according to Police press release) Car found w/door open, keys on ground, belongings inside (according to her cousin)
Sept 20, 2016 Rooms at the Courtesy Inn were searched by Police (according to HYSH FB)
Sept 20, 2016*** Two reports of Heather argue with 2 men surfaced but the witnesses were not considered credible/reliable
Sept 21, 2016--
Have You Seen Heather? Facebook (HYSH FB) page created
Sept 23, 2016-- page is set up to raise funds for search/reward (HYSH FB)
Sept 23, 2016 Detective searched CCTV footage from area (according to HYSH FB)
Sept 25, 2016 A search was conducted in the woods behind Courtesy Inn (according to family)
Sept 25, 2016 Family went door-to-door to hand out flyers in Cartersville (according to family)
Sept 26, 2016 Family searched hotel, knocked on doors in hotel and handed out flyers in area (according to family)
Sept 26, 2016 --A housekeeper at the hotel told family she saw Heather arguing w/two black males (according to cousin)
Sept. 27, 2016 --5 p.m. Volunteer searchers asked to meet at Goodwill at 929 Joe Frank Harris Parkway (media/HYSH FB)
Sept 28, 2016 WSB-TV Atlanta reported that Heathers cousin heard from 2 witnesses that she was seen arguing with
3 men in the hotel parking lot***
Sept 28, 2016-- 6:19 PM there are now 2 investigators working on her case (according to HYSH FB)
Sept 29, 2016 --$2500 reward offered for info
*Note: There is a discrepancy on when the car was found. At least one news source said it was found at
9:30 AM. Another source which quoted the police press release said 9:30 PM. I went with the time from the police report. Most articles say it was found
in the evening on Monday Sept 19th.
**Note: Some news stories said the
last known contact with Heather was Sept 18[SUP]th[/SUP]. Another story quoted her husband as saying she left home on
Sept 19[SUP]th[/SUP] and called him on Sept 19[SUP]th[/SUP] around noon to say she was staying with a friend. To add to the confusion we have a story about Heather going away for a "weekend getaway" at a friend's house that seems to have happened Sept 17-18. No dates are given for this getaway but the weekend prior to the day her car was found makes the most logical sense. Consider Sept 17-Sept 18 as a place holder until we find out more details.
***Note: The exact day these reports surfaced is not very clear. The source is Heathers cousin who said reports were the next day while talking about finding the car and also talking about a search of the hotel that took place either Sept 25 or Sept 26. The report also varies in description from 2 men to 2 black men to 3 men.
Media Sources:
http://patch.com/georgia/cartersville/woman-reported-missing-cartersville
http://coosavalleynews.com/2016/09/cartersville-police-need-help-in-finding-missing-woman/
http://www.11alive.com/news/cartersville-mother-reported-missing/324059103
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/cartersville/search-for-missing-woman-in-cartersville/323767841
http://www.cbs46.com/story/33183762/police-cartersville-mother-of-3-missing
http://www.cbs46.com/story/33186523/family-and-friends-search-for-missing-cartersville-woman
http://www.walb.com/story/33183762/police-cartersville-mother-of-3-missing
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com...cle_2af71680-84e4-11e6-a5e7-737e441611c3.html
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/207734102-story
http://patch.com/georgia/cartersville/reward-offered-help-find-missing-cartersville-mom
http://www.daily-tribune.com/newsx/item/6342-searching-for-clues
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/bartow-county/mother-of-3-missing-more-than-a-week/451452242
http://patch.com/georgia/cartersville/cartersville-mom-remains-missing-police-ask-information