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Name: Charlene Thigpen
Age:24
Date: Missing Feb. 27, 1992 - Body found April 24, 1992
Location: Brunswick County
Summary: Thigpen, a math teacher at Myrtle Grove Middle School, was last seen leaving a friend's house on Kerr Avenue on Feb. 27, 1992. A day later, police found her car, the keys still inside, at the Hilou Market on Princess Place Drive. Thigpen's body was found April 24, 1992, hidden under a sofa by workers clearing timber along the side of the road off U.S. 74/76 in Brunswick County.
Wilmington Star News
On February 27, 1992, Thigpen went missing. Detectives said the last time she was seen alive, she was heading northbound on Kerr Avenue in the 400 block towards Market Street in her vehicle. Behind her was a blue 1990 Mazda 626 four-door directly behind her.
Detectives said that car belonged to Thigpen’s husband Oliver. Civilian Investigative Specialist Jim Westbrook with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said the couple was seen leaving their babysitter’s house that day.
“Her car was found abandoned on March 3 in a parking lot next to Hilou Market on Princess Place Drive,” Westbrook said.
On April 23, her body was found in Brunswick County.
“We had laborers out mowing an area where they had power lines off Highway 74/76 just east of Sawmill Road,” Westbrook said. “Their mower accidentally hit a discarded sofa, and that sofa, when turned over, they found the body, and it was in two trash bags.”
Westbrook said Thigpen’s body had been there for so long, the medical examiner could not find a cause of death. He said There were indications in the autopsy that her neck had been damaged, but it was not significant evidence.
In the meantime, Bowen said their star teacher has not been forgotten.
“There’s the Charlene Thigpen Award that we give out each year,” Bowen said.
It is given to a star student who embodies her legacy.
#UNSOLVED: Myrtle Grove teacher found dead in Brunswick Co. - WWAY TV
Age:24
Date: Missing Feb. 27, 1992 - Body found April 24, 1992
Location: Brunswick County
Summary: Thigpen, a math teacher at Myrtle Grove Middle School, was last seen leaving a friend's house on Kerr Avenue on Feb. 27, 1992. A day later, police found her car, the keys still inside, at the Hilou Market on Princess Place Drive. Thigpen's body was found April 24, 1992, hidden under a sofa by workers clearing timber along the side of the road off U.S. 74/76 in Brunswick County.
Wilmington Star News
On February 27, 1992, Thigpen went missing. Detectives said the last time she was seen alive, she was heading northbound on Kerr Avenue in the 400 block towards Market Street in her vehicle. Behind her was a blue 1990 Mazda 626 four-door directly behind her.
Detectives said that car belonged to Thigpen’s husband Oliver. Civilian Investigative Specialist Jim Westbrook with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said the couple was seen leaving their babysitter’s house that day.
“Her car was found abandoned on March 3 in a parking lot next to Hilou Market on Princess Place Drive,” Westbrook said.
On April 23, her body was found in Brunswick County.
“We had laborers out mowing an area where they had power lines off Highway 74/76 just east of Sawmill Road,” Westbrook said. “Their mower accidentally hit a discarded sofa, and that sofa, when turned over, they found the body, and it was in two trash bags.”
Westbrook said Thigpen’s body had been there for so long, the medical examiner could not find a cause of death. He said There were indications in the autopsy that her neck had been damaged, but it was not significant evidence.
In the meantime, Bowen said their star teacher has not been forgotten.
“There’s the Charlene Thigpen Award that we give out each year,” Bowen said.
It is given to a star student who embodies her legacy.
#UNSOLVED: Myrtle Grove teacher found dead in Brunswick Co. - WWAY TV
