Just a local here.
I live here in Lake Norman. Ironically, I used to live in her neighborhood and my son (he was 14 at the time) went missing for about 15 hours. Long story short- he left willing in the early morning hours and walked to a friend’s house in the dark. We had a happy outcome. Aside from working through better decision making, we were unscathed. The police department was phenomenal. Due to things that looked suspicious And troublesome, they reacted immediately. It appears they did the same in this case, requesting the FBI.
This is a small town with a lot of new people from outside of NC. Many northern transplants. Not unusual to not know your neighbors at all. My son was the President of Bailey Middle School while there. It has a large student population of over 1700 students. It would be easy to go to the school and not be “missed” by peers unless they are your besties. The school resource officer is amazing and it is a very good school. Attendance is taken very serious here but they will give parents a chance, which combined with the holiday, LOTS of sick kids here recently (Flu, Covid, RSV, Stomach bug, etc.) could be why it took three weeks to raise red flags. The school alerts families daily of absences. If the parents were just not responding, the school probably took action after so many days.
Cornelius is an extremely wealthy area. That neighborhood is considered middle class compared to the whole area. Many rental homes but even they are expensive compared to most.
I have friends that live in the neighborhood. There was burning in the backyard of the home in the last few weeks.
My opinion is that the burned areas are being dug up.
The ground can be easily dug this time of year. It is cold now and has rained off and on for weeks.
Geography- whole area (Cornelius/Huntersville/Mooresville/Davidson and parts of Denver and Troutman) is collectively known as Lake Norman. Cornelius is a tiny one exit town (off I-77). Her school is fed by Cornelius and Huntersville.
We have a HUGE man made lake here Lake Norman.32,510 acres (50.8 square miles), average depth of 35 feet with deepest parts up to 112 feet. Her neighborhood borders Lake Davidson which connects to Lake Norman.
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local here- there is a car wash at the entrance to the neighborhood. Directly across the street there is a Pelican’s Snowballs that is closed for the season. Attached to Pelican’s is a well known local bar, and beside the car wash is a boutique. I don’t believe any of them have cameras but MANY homes have cameras now. There is one main entrance and a side entrance that goes into an old in town neighborhood.
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