NC NC- Hoyle Smith, 78, & Margie Shaw Boone, 66, Sanford, 4 Nov 1995

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP3106

View NamUs missing person case MP3106 for Hoyle Smith missing from Sanford, North Carolina. Date of last contact: Nov 04, 1995. NCMEC case number: --.

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<<Suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of 79-year-old Hoyle Smith and 66-year-old Margie Shaw Boone. There bodies were never found. Suspect claims he buried their bodies at Spring Lake>>

Hoyle Smith – The Charley Project

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Smith, circa 1995; Donald Abercrombie, circa 1997

• Missing Since 11/04/1995
• Missing From Sanford, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Age 79 years old
• Height and Weight 6'0, 150 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Gray hair, blue eyes. Smith had a mustache and beard at the time of his disappearance.

Details of Disappearance​

Smith was last seen at his residence in Sanford, North Carolina on November 4, 1995. His girlfriend, Margie Shaw Boone, visited him at his home during the day. Neither of them has been heard from again.

Authorities discovered a trail of blood inside Smith's house shortly after he and Boone were reported missing. There was no other sign of the couple at the scene, although the home appeared to have been burglarized.

Donald Abercrombie held officers at bay during a 17-hour standoff in Fayetteville, North Carolina on November 9, five days after Smith and Boone disappeared. A photo of Abercrombie is posted with this case summary. He eventually surrendered to investigators and pled guilty to the incident. Abercrombie was sentenced to 25 to 30 months in prison.

Authorities determined that DNA evidence inside Smith's home linked Abercrombie to the scene of the presumed murders. He was charged with one count of robbery and two counts of first-degree murder. Investigators said that Abercrombie confessed to Smith and Boone's homicides and claimed that he buried the couple in the woods near his residence in Spring Lake, North Carolina.

A jury convicted Abercrombie of both murders in February 1997. He was sentenced to two life terms in prison, although prosecutors had requested the death penalty. Several of Abercrombie's family members testified that he was abused as a child and was severely affected by his father's death several years earlier.

Smith and Boone's remains have never been located.

Margie Shaw Boone – The Charley Project

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Boone, circa 1995; Donald Abercrombie, circa 1997

• Missing Since 11/04/1995
• Missing From Sanford, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Age 66 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 160 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, blue eyes. Boone wears eyeglasses. Her nickname is Helen. She has a tattoo on her upper right arm

 

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4209DMNC - Hoyle Smith

Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Hoyle Smith was last seen on November 4, 1995 when he had repair work one on his car. His friend Margie Shaw Boone, was last seen the day before. She was a resident of Vass who spent much time with Hoyle Smith at his house in Stanford.

Police began looking for them after a friend reported seeing blood stains and signs of struggle at Smith's home. Hoyle Smith's car was also missing, and recovered from the parking lot of a Fayetteville bar.

A suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of Hoyle Smith and Margie Shaw Boone. Their bodies were never found. The suspect claimed he buried their bodies at Spring Lake.