GA GA - Barbara McCray, 83, went for a walk, has dementia, Buchanan, 31 Jul 2021 *reward*

[GuyfromCanada]

BOLO: Missing Person
Case Number: #2108918

Attached is a press release involving the Missing Person case of Barbara McCray. Also attached is a photograph of Mrs. McCray (pictured left). Please be on the lookout for Mrs. McCray! Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact Polk County E-911 at (770) 748-3400 or Detective Bowman (#810) at (678) 246-5107.

Thank you Polk County!

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McCray went for a walk on Dugdown Road where she lives Saturday evening around 6. Romero says she liked to go for walks every day, even as dementia was setting in.

"It's normal for her to go for a walk so we didn't think anything of it," said Romero.

More at Large scale search underway for missing Polk County grandmother

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Buchanan has a population of only about 1200 people.

 

[Idon'tneedthesame]

I hope she is found safe & soon.

 

[LadyL]

oh goodness
this is very worrying
I hope she's ok

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Update on the Search for Barbara McCray

As of 17:45, the Command Post set up at Dugdown Baptist Church has been terminated. After three days of searching with over two hundred plus trained emergency service personnel and volunteers, we have located no sign of Mrs. McCray.

Search parties combed over two thousand meters of mountainous terrain, train tracks, buildings, and from above, with no sighting of Mrs. McCray. This search effort was very organized, and meticulous, with no area left uncovered.

We pulled resources from State and Local jurisdictions to include Helicopters, Drones, and watercraft.

The investigation, which has been ongoing this entire time, is still active and everchanging. We will continue to work this case until we have exhausted every lead possible. We would like to thank the community (people who have volunteered, brought food / drinks), and all of the other agencies who assisted us. We are forever grateful for your help.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective Bowman (#810) at (678) 246-5107.

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[GuyfromCanada]

Search suspended as of 8/3.

POLK COUNTY, GA — With no new leads, authorities suspended their search Tuesday night for an 83-year-old woman with dementia who'd gone missing over the weekend.

"We don't know any more than we did Sunday," said Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd, as reported by The Polk County Standard Journal.

Search Suspended For Missing Grandmother With Dementia

 

[GuyfromCanada]

No news!

 

[Estrella]

Barbara is still missing. No word?

 

[mlhenn]

URGENT: Mattie’s Call Issued for Missing Grandmother as Criminal Investigation Unit Joins Search

Mattie’s Call

Georgia police in Polk County have issued a Mattie’s Call for 83 year old Barbara McCray.


With search suspended, police push out information on missing Polk County woman



The frustration was evident in Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd’s voice.

But after three days with no trace of the 83-year-old grandmother, he and his department made the decision to suspend the official search.

What law enforcement know:
•known to be in pretty good shape and would walk often, either to visit nearby relatives or just to get outside.
•last known to be wearing a pink shirt, grey shorts and grey Nike tennis shoes
•also has early onset dementia
July 31
•was last seen near her home on Dugdown Road in Polk County near the Haralson County line that evening walking toward U.S. 27.
Aug. 01
•family reported her missing that morning
•huge show of resources was ready to go by 1 p.m., staged at Dugdown Baptist Church just down the road from McCray’s home
The Search
•LE have only received three tips, each of which were later proven not to be her
•The search itself included over 200 trained emergency service personnel and volunteers, search and rescue teams with trained dogs
•Georgia State Patrol and the Department of Natural Resources provided helicopters
•the use of drones equipped with Forward Looking Infrared Radar flown at night, but no heat signatures that would have been McCray were found
Theories
•LE is keeping the possibility open that she was picked up by someone driving along the nearby highway, especially if she made it to 27.
•LE doesn’t suspect foul play
•LE stated she could still be in the area, and family members have said they intend to continue searching for her, but they were advised that it is difficult to find people this time of the year with grass and brush growing high.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

There is now a $20,000 reward for a missing Polk County elderly woman who hasn't been seen in over a month.

Polk County missing woman Barbara McCray, 20K reward | 11alive.com

 

[Caring1]

Added to NamUs today, 3/9/23.

Barbara was seen walking down her road around 6:00 PM on July 31st, 2021 by a family member. Barbaraś son contacted family members the next day, August 1, 2021, to let them know she was missing. Law enforcement and volunteers searched the area for several days, but were unable to locate her. A $20,000 reward is currently being offered for information leading to her physical location and recovery.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[elframo]

Barbara is the subject of The Missing Podcast featuring interviews with his family.

Barbara McCray - USA

Podcast Episode · The Missing · 28/10/2024 · 31m

podcasts.apple.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

At 30, he received his first lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of assaulting a Medfield woman at her home on Aug. 5, 1957. Anderson was wearing women’s clothing and a stocking over his face and carrying a rifle when he attacked the woman.

She told police he threw a cloth over her head and bound her wrists before fleeing into the nearby woods.

Eric H. Anderson was convicted of attacking a Medfield woman in her home on Aug. 5, 1957.

Anderson was arrested several days later. Nagle said when police asked him why he chose to dress like a woman that day, Anderson replied, “Because if neighbors saw me, they wouldn’t think anything of it.”

Anderson was sentenced to life in prison, but his term was reduced, and he was released in 1974.

‘He was hunting females along the Cape Cod Canal.’ Investigators explore new lead in 1977 disappearance.

Rick Nagle, a retired State Police detective lieutenant, who after reading the Globe’s most recent Cold Case Files story about Simone Ridinger, thought of Eric H. Anderson Jr., a convicted killer from southeastern Massachusetts with a history of violent assaults on women.

www.boston.com