Lori has been found deceased. Prayers to her family and Sandy her best friend.
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Our search has come to an end. It was confirmed yesterday that Lori passed away December 2, 1994.
Lori Jane Eblin - Reaves - Richardson
born October 4, 1959, in Columbus, OH
died December 2, 1994, in Columbia SC
For nearly twenty-five years, my friend, Lori Eblin/Reaves/Richardson was missing. Her four children, mother, and siblings had no contact with her since approximately 1992. During our search, it was discovered that Lori married a second husband in February 1994. Due to other court records from July 1994, it appeared that Lori may have been a victim of domestic violence. This left many of us to wonder and worry about what could possibly have happened to her. How did she disappear without a trace?
Many of you have followed our search and help spread the word about Lori since we started her Facebook page in 2011. Her sister, Debbie, and I have made some special friends along the way. People who volunteered to make online posters, create age-progression photographs, share posts, and spend their own time doing online searches.
At times it seemed impossible. It seemed that we would never have answers. But, we would never give up. Last week, one more person stepped up to help with the search. Jason Hanna, from Greenville, SC had found the record on Findagrave.com for a Lori Reeves buried in the Richland County Cemetery, with the birth year as 1959 and the death year as 1994. He sent a message to Lori’s page to let us know. The last name was spelled differently but we immediately contacted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigator, Dottie Cronise. She said she would contact the Coroner’s office to find more information.
Jason volunteered to drive 1 ½ hours last Saturday to find the gravesite and take a photo. He called Lori’s sister, Debbie, as he entered the cemetery to find the marker. It did have the last name spelled as Reeves but we felt it had to be Lori. He took photographs and videos to show exactly where the gravesite was located. It was very touching that he also brought flowers to place on her grave.
Yesterday afternoon, Debbie received a phone call from Investigator Dottie Cronise and Bill Stevens from the Richland County Coroner's office. They confirmed that the gravesite Jason found was for Lori. She had died on December 2, 1994, in Columbia, SC. I am not sharing the details of how she died but there was no foul play involved.
Please keep Lori’s family in your prayers. Her four children were all under 18 when she went missing. It could not have been easy for them all these years to not know what happened to their mother. Lori’s mother passed away in 2007 without answers.
We are fortunate to end this search and with some sort of closure. I’m not sure what that means to all of you but today it still doesn’t seem possible to me that she left this earth at the young age of 35. I know Lori would want us to remember the happy times we spent with her.
Rest in peace, my dear friend.
Sandy
