NC NC - Jeffrey Todd Carter, 23, Mocksville, 7 May 1987

[TheArtfulDetective]

Jeffrey Todd Carter



Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: May 7, 1987
Location Last Seen: Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina

Description:

• Date of Birth: circa 1964
• Age: 23 years old
• Race: White/Caucasian
• Gender: Male
• Height: 6' 1" - 6' 2" (73 - 74 inches)
• Weight: 180 lbs.
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Blue
• Nickname/Alias: Unknown
• Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
• Clothing & Personal Items: White pullover shirt. Gray & black designer jeans. White high-top sneakers.
• Other Personal Items: Red Pontiac Fiero - North Carolina License Plate# FHV-112; exp 1987.
• Identifiers: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Carter was last seen in Mocksville, North Carolina on May 7, 1987. He left his girlfriend's house around 10:30 pm, driving his Pontiac Fiero to head back to his parent's residence in Charlotte. He was supposed to meet his girlfriend at Davidson Community College at 10:30 am the following morning but he failed to arrive. He has never been heard from again. Both Carter and his vehicle have never been located. Few details are available regarding his disappearance and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Investigators:

• Davie County Sheriff's Office: (336) 751-5547
  Reference Case#: 8705-30

NamUs Case Number: MP22368
NCIC Case Number: Not listed

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Caring1]

Here is a picture of Jeffrey along with his obituary printed almost a year later.

 

[Caring1]

A few more detail on Jeffrey’s disappearance.

 

[JSolt1210]

At first I thought this was a case of someone on a long drive back home, deciding to rest for the night at a motel, and unfortunately encountering foul play there.

But Charlotte is just an hour away from Mocksville. Unless he was suddenly extremely tired, why spend money on a whole night at a motel when he only had to drive for one hour? Were there bad driving conditions? Bad weather?

But even more surprising, the Lakewood Motel where his car was found is just five minutes away from Mocksville! Why stop there?

Did he decide last minute to stay in the area, since the next morning he had to meet his girlfriend at her college, which is closer to Mocksville than to Charlotte? At that point, why not just turn around and ask to spend the night at the girlfriend's? Especially since he had to meet back with her so soon.

If the details of the case are accurate, whatever happened to him must've been quick, less than five minutes after he left the girlfriend's.

 

[Caring1]

I don’t believe he was anywhere near the motel and that his car was simply abandoned there. His bloody clothes were found several miles away. Did he actually leave the girlfriends‘ house alive? I thought I had saw a wedding engagement article from earlier in the year for him. Was this his fiancé he was visiting? If so, why would the article state he was visiting “a girlfriend”?

I imagine there are many more details to this case that are not disclosed. However, he is still missing and deserves to be found. There was a mention of a river and also a reservoir where the initial search took place.

 

[JSolt1210]

I don’t believe he was anywhere near the motel and that his car was simply abandoned there. His bloody clothes were found several miles away. Did he actually leave the girlfriends‘ house alive? I thought I had saw a wedding engagement article from earlier in the year for him. Was this his fiancé he was visiting? If so, why would the article state he was visiting “a girlfriend”?

I imagine there are many more details to this case that are not disclosed. However, he is still missing and deserves to be found. There was a mention of a river and also a reservoir where the initial search took place.

BBM. I had that same thought too—just didn't know if I should post...

Since the motel is along the route he would've taken back to Charlotte, I assumed that whatever happened to him occurred on the way. But you're right—maybe he met foul play before he even set out, and the car was planted at the motel because it's along the route.

As for his clothes being found by the Yadkin River, I'm assuming the location could be near the bottom right? Like where the Kountry Kids Learning Center is now? What confused me was the South Yadkin River on the bottom left.

 

[Baddux]

Sadly it is unlikely that he was alive after he was discovered to have been missing. Maybe a secret relationship.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Jeffrey Todd Carter (1963-1987) - Find a Grave...

Air Traffic Controller at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina at the time of his death.

www.findagrave.com

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[Pennysmom1]

Jeffrey is still missing

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