GA GA - Deborah Renee Lewis, 35, West Point, 18 June 1999

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Deborah Renee Lewis

Lewis, circa 1999

Missing Since: June 18, 1999
Missing From: West Point, Troup County, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Age: 35 years old
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 119 pounds
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Medical Conditions: Lewis is an alcoholic.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lewis may use the last name Shapiro.

Details of Disappearance: Lewis's mother last heard from her by phone on June 18, 1999. Lewis lived in West Point, Georgia at the time. Her mother reported her missing on September 19, 2000, after over a year passed without contact. When police checked her home, others living there said Lewis had left on foot one day, leaving her purse, clothes and other belongings behind, and never returned. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency: Troup County Sheriff's Office 706-883-1616

 

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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) MP51700

Deborah Renee Lewis – The Charley Project

Deborah Renee Lewis

Lewis, circa 1999

Missing Since: June 18, 1999
Missing From: West Point, Troup County, Georgia
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Age: 35 years old
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 119 pounds
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Medical Conditions: Lewis is an alcoholic.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Lewis may use the last name Shapiro.

Details of Disappearance: Lewis's mother last heard from her by phone on June 18, 1999. Lewis lived in West Point, Georgia at the time. Her mother reported her missing on September 19, 2000, after over a year passed without contact. When police checked her home, others living there said Lewis had left on foot one day, leaving her purse, clothes and other belongings behind, and never returned. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency: Troup County Sheriff's Office 706-883-1616

Not reported missing by her mother for over a year.

"When police checked her home, others living there said Lewis had left on foot one day, leaving her purse, clothes, and other belongings behind, and never returned,"

Why am I having a hard time believing the "others"?

Who leaves without their purse?

If it was her home, or, if she was living at a home with others, why didn't the "others" report her missing? Does anybody know any specifics as to where she was living and what kind of "home" it was, and what were the circumstances of her leaving on foot? What do locals think happened to her?

I assume she had no cell phone since Nokias had just come out in '98. Did she have a boyfriend? An ex? Children? Siblings? Was she in a violent relationship? Did she have a job? Who was she hanging out with? What does LE think happened? Did Troup even investigate, or did they just say she ran away?

Alcoholic or not, it seems Deborah Renee Lewis didn't matter much to those who knew her, possibly including her family (though I'm sure there's probably some back story there). Not much (any) media coverage that I can find.

Wiki lists West Point as having a population of less than 4,000, with less than 1000 people living in the "city". It is on the GA- AL line. I would consider it a high poverty and high crime area compared to other similar size towns in Georgia.

It seems Deborah was quickly forgotten. Very sad.

Jmo