Found Deceased VA - Frances Leandra Colbert, 51, Brunswick County, 16 Oct 2019 *health issues*

[rainynights]

A woman with a history of health problems is missing in Brunswick County.

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department and Lawrenceville Police Department say Frances Leandra Colbert, 51, was last seen around 7 a.m. Wednesday. She sent a text to her son around 10 a.m.

Colbert was last seen wearing black and white Nike shoes, black jeans, an unknown color of shirt and glasses.



Woman with history of health problems missing in southern Va.

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office - Virginia

 

[PommyMommy]

OCT 18, 2019
Family fears for the safety of missing Virginia mother with heart problems

• Frances' family fear for her safety due to a history of heart problems.
• Her son said his mom suffered a seizure early Tuesday morning.
• He stayed with her throughout the day and last saw her Tuesday night.
• LE says Frances exchanged text messages with her son Wed, Oct 16, but when he called her later in the day there was no answer.
• Frances is known as a homebody, so vanishing has her son very concerned.
• Investigators believe the she walked away from her home Wednesday.
  
• BCSO, LPD, and VSP are searching by air and on the ground.
• Emergency mgmt officials with help of a VSP chopper & several bloodhounds are sending search teams to areas she is thought to be.
• "Of course, with the more that time passes you try to keep hope up as much as you can. The search and rescue teams that have been here have been unbelievable. They keep up at a pretty hectic pace," added LPD Chief Gibson.

 

[indicolite22]

Her fb:
Frances Colbert
Frances Colbert

 

[JerseyGirl]

Brunswick County mother now missing for more than a week: ‘We are working every possible angle’

 

[PommyMommy]

Brunswick County mother now missing for more than a week: ‘We are working every possible angle’

Noting:

• The ground search is officially over.
• "We are trying to create a timeline,” said Brunswick County Sheriff Brian Roberts. "This person didn't have the resources or connections to get up and go to California, so if they don't have that, why did they disappear and how did they disappear? We are working every possible angle and everything is on the table."
• The only real evidence LE has is store surveillance video and two possible shoe prints.
• Police say there are disparate clues: a possible shoe print was found a mile-and-a-half away, and a search of her cell phone took investigators more than a mile away to the banks of a creek. But from there, nothing but a dead end.
• "Searching cell phone records, banking records and medical records, just kind of putting all of these puzzles together to see if there's a history," said Roberts.
• Colbert apparently had a seizure the morning of her disappearance. That and the fact that she liked to stay close to home, has LE baffled.
• "We've never not found someone and usually it is in the first 72 hours,” said Roberts. “I've been here 23 years and the sheriff for 12. To have someone go ‘poof’ and disappear is concerning."

 

[rainynights]

Still missing as of 3 days ago, per LE comment, in response to if she's been found yet:

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office - Virginia

no ma’am, we are still investigating.

Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 11:47 AM

 

[PayrollNerd]

I wonder if they found the source of the seizure. Brain injury can cause a person to do things they would not ordinarily do. If she was able to text the next morning, were the messages coherent, orderly, seemingly normal? Are there any neighbors that saw her outside in the yard, walking down the street, getting into a vehicle? When they checked the house was the TV still on, her purse still there? If she takes medication in the morning, does it appear she ate and took her meds? I hope they can find her because she has to be so confused if she is wandering around.

 

[rainynights]

$1K reward offered in case of Virginia mother missing for a month
"The family will only award this reward offer if the information leads to her whereabouts or safe return," officials said.

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office - Virginia

 

[PayrollNerd]

So, did they use tracking dogs and then search the water? How deep is the “creek” where they thought she was at?

“Their home on Railroad Street was the last place Colbert was seen.

Police said there are disparate clues: a possible shoe print was found a mile-and-a-half away, and a search of her cell phone took investigators more than a mile away to the banks of a creek. But from there, nothing but a dead end.

Investigators are baffled since family members said the missing mother liked to stay close to home.”

 

[Dre]

Bumping!

 

[mrz]

Rooting for Frances and family.

 

[mlhenn]

Brunswick County Sheriff's Office - Virginia

In comments, BCSO stated there were no new updates or info & she was still missing. This was 3 months ago.

 

[Darling136]

After uncovering several items of clothing and also taking the location of the remains into consideration as it relates to the initial investigation, it is believed that the remains are those of Frances Leandra Colbert, 51 of Lawrenceville, Virginia,” the sheriff’s office said.

The remains were taken to the Office of the Medical Examiner for further processing and identity confirmation. The sheriff’s office said that no foul play is suspected at this time.

Human remains found believed to be missing southern Virginia woman

 

[rainynights]

So sad. Thoughts and prayers with her family and friends.

 

[elframo]

R.I.P Frances.

 

[Darling136]

Her obituary

Obituary for Frances Colbert at Brown's Funeral Service, Inc.