NC NC - Leslie Dawn Mashburn, 23, Sanford, Dec 1997

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Demographics
Missing Age23 Years
Current Age45 Years
First NameLeslie
Middle NameDawn
Last NameMashburn
Nickname/Alias--

SexFemale
Height5' 2" - 5' 6" (62 - 66 Inches)
Weight95 - 105 lbs
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last ContactDecember 10, 1997
NamUs Case CreatedFebruary 11, 2013
Last Known Location Map
LocationSanford, North Carolina
CountyChatham County

Circumstances of DisappearanceLeslie Dawn Mashburn walked away from her home in December of 1997. She has not been seen since. She had been battling depression for a long time. She told her mother that she felt like jumping off the bridge. She lived less than half a mile from the bridge at what used to be the Carbonton Dam Bridge on Hwy 42. A search was conducted using search teams in and out of the water surrounding the Dam, river and the roads in that area. Helicopters, Planes, and canines were used as well.
Physical Description
Hair ColorBrown
Head Hair DescriptionLong with bangs
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorBrown
Right Eye ColorBrown
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Amputation
Right Pinky Finger is missing the first joint from the tip

Piercing
Single standard in each ear lobe


Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing
White Stonewashed Jeans White Shirt

Footwear
Old Reebok Tennis Shoes

Additional Case Info

Transportation
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Style--
Color--
State--
License Plate--
Expiration Year--
CommentsNone On Foot

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

Leslie Dawn Mashburn – The Charley Project

 

[want2help89]

Is there any more info out there on Leslie Mashburn? I have done some looking on the internet and am not coming up with much at all. Thanks!

 

[Savemecastiel]

Bump

 

[HopeRains]

I found this article using newspapers.com. I will see if I can find more updated info and post.

From The Chatham Record, 18 Dec 97, pg 13.

 

[HopeRains]

Noting some things mentioned in the article I just posted about her case that I have not read before. Do not know if they are accurate or not, but am sharing:

1. She was a heavy smoker and left her cigarettes home.
2. She wore upper false teeth and left the denture(s) at home.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Leslie Dawn Mashburn - North Carolina Missing Person Directory

Details and Pictures of Leslie Dawn Mashburn, Missing since December 1997

www.missingin.org

 

[Caring1]

 

[Caring1]

4 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[collardamon]

Leslie Dawn Mashburn was 23 years old when she went missing on December 10, 1997 in Chatham County, Sanford, North Carolina. I heard about this case a few years ago, when I was 23. Leslie lived less than half a mile away from the Carbonton Dam, which was shut down and abandoned in 2004. The dam itself was removed in 2006, however the hydroelectric plant built in 1921 still stands today. I live in the same area as Leslie did, right by the dam, which makes me feel some type of way about her unresolved disappearance.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

• Leslie is a caucasian woman, with sandy brown hair, and brown eyes. (At the time of her disappearance she had long hair with bangs).
• She stands between 5’2” - 5’6” (62 - 66 inches).
• She weighed approximately 95-105 pounds around the time she went missing in 1997.
• She was 23 when she disappeared, which would make Leslie around 51 years old present day.
• She was last seen wearing a white shirt, white stonewashed jeans, and old Reebok tennis shoes.
• She has one piercing in each ear.
• She is missing the tip of her right pinky finger from the first joint to the tip.

DETAILS ON DISAPPEARANCE:

• Leslie was last seen alive at around 1730 on December 10, 1997. She reportedly left her home in Chatham County, which was the last time anyone has seen her.
• She struggled with depression for a long period of time, and mentioned to her mother that she wanted to jump off of a bridge.
• She lived less than one mile from the old Carbonton Dam off Highway 42 in Sanford, NC, which sits beside a bridge that crosses the Deep River.
• A search consisting of helicopters, planes, and canines turned up nothing. Search teams also went in and out of the water surrounding the Dam, river, and roads in the area.

MORE INFORMATION:

• Leslie was born around 1974 to Lewis Alan Mashburn (born 11 August 1947) and Shelia Dawn Hill (born 14 January 1948). Shelia and Lewis married in 1969. Lewis remarried on 30 May 1986 to Linda Jean Gaines.
• Leslie has one brother, Alan Mashburn, and three sisters, Christa Mildred Mashburn Honeycutt, Cynthia “Cindy” Mashburn Rosser Shay, and Veronica Susan Mashburn O’Quinn (obituary for Veronica can be found here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50543248/veronica_susan-o'quinn).
• Records show that Leslie has one child with James Daniel McNeill, named Felicia Laurin McNeill (born 02 January 1993).

After doing hours of research to ensure that my information was correct, I found out I am related to the Mashburns. I always felt a strange connection to Leslie, and after conducting the familial research I think I understand why. Please help find my distant cousin that I never got to know!

 

[LadyL]

she has an existing thread here:

NC Post in thread 'NC - Leslie Dawn Mashburn, 23, Sanford, Dec 1997'

Jul 22, 2020

Leslie Dawn Mashburn – The Charley Project

• aThousandYearsWide

I will notify a mod to merge

 

[HopeRains]

Article clipped from The Chatham News

Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 1/29/1998.

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Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 12/25/1997.

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Article clipped from The Chatham Record

Clipping found in The Chatham Record published in Pittsboro, North Carolina on 12/18/1997.

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[victoriarobinson642]

Article clipped from The Chatham News

Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 1/29/1998.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Chatham News

Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 12/25/1997.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Chatham Record

Clipping found in The Chatham Record published in Pittsboro, North Carolina on 12/18/1997.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Chatham News

Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 1/29/1998.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Chatham News

Clipping found in The Chatham News published in Siler City, North Carolina on 12/25/1997.

www.newspapers.com

Article clipped from The Chatham Record

Clipping found in The Chatham Record published in Pittsboro, North Carolina on 12/18/1997.

www.newspapers.com