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Skull is missing woman's - Region - Greenville, NC
Skull is missing woman's - Region - Greenville, NC
It is with great sadness we inform you of Crystal Hicks recovery. Please pray for her family. please remove any listings/postings. Thank you
Skull is missing woman's
Officials confirm Crystal Hicks, who went missing in 2001, was pregnant at time of death
Dental records have determined that the human skull found by a hunter in Darlington County is that of missing person Crystal Hicks, according to Darlington County Chief Deputy Tom Gainey.
Gainey said the remains did test positively as those of Hicks, however, the remainder of the investigation will be primarily in the hands of Marlboro County officials, since Hicks was from that area.
“The only thing we’re releasing is that (the skull) was positively identified as Ms. Hicks, who has been missing nearly seven years,” Gainey said.
Hicks disappeared Aug. 9, 2001, from her mother’s home in Blenheim. Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight said it was confirmed that Hicks was pregnant the night she went missing.
“I talked with (Vivian Caulder, Hicks’ mother) just a little while ago, and she basically said before (Hicks) left home that night, she told her she was pregnant,” he said.
But Knight said he doesn’t know if that will have an effect on the investigation at this point.
He said Caulder did inform officers of the possible pregnancy at the time of her daughter’s disappearance in 2001. But based on the recent discovery, there are plans to renew the investigation into what happened that night.
“Marlboro County, Darlington County and (S.C. Law Enforcement Division) SLED are going to be joining together and make an attempt to see if there are any other remains,” Knight said. “We might find some evidence in the wooded area.”
He said the discovery of her remains could be a key to unlocking the mystery of what really happened to Crystal Hicks.
“Pretty much what has happened, she went missing back in August of 2001, and we never ever came close to finding anything out about her whereabouts,” he said.
Knight said he hopes that people who knew Hicks will come forward with information that might help uncover clues about her disappearance.
“We’re just looking for any information about what happened to Crystal Hicks,” he said. “Please let the public know that we are pleading for any information or help.”
At this time, only the identity of the skull has been released. Knight said he hopes more information is forthcoming.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Crystal Hicks is asked to contact the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office at (843) 537-6371. Knight said officers will make every attempt to protect the identity of callers.
Monica Caison
CUE Center for Missing Persons
PO Box 12714
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910) 343-1131
(910) 232-1687 24 Hour Line
Email: cuecenter@aol.com
Website: http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/
He who walks in the way of integrity shall be in my service.
No one who practices deceit can hold a post in my court.
No one who speaks falsely can be among my advisors.
--Psalm 101
It is with great sadness we inform you of Crystal Hicks recovery. Please pray for her family. please remove any listings/postings. Thank you
Skull is missing woman's
Officials confirm Crystal Hicks, who went missing in 2001, was pregnant at time of death
Dental records have determined that the human skull found by a hunter in Darlington County is that of missing person Crystal Hicks, according to Darlington County Chief Deputy Tom Gainey.
Gainey said the remains did test positively as those of Hicks, however, the remainder of the investigation will be primarily in the hands of Marlboro County officials, since Hicks was from that area.
“The only thing we’re releasing is that (the skull) was positively identified as Ms. Hicks, who has been missing nearly seven years,” Gainey said.
Hicks disappeared Aug. 9, 2001, from her mother’s home in Blenheim. Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight said it was confirmed that Hicks was pregnant the night she went missing.
“I talked with (Vivian Caulder, Hicks’ mother) just a little while ago, and she basically said before (Hicks) left home that night, she told her she was pregnant,” he said.
But Knight said he doesn’t know if that will have an effect on the investigation at this point.
He said Caulder did inform officers of the possible pregnancy at the time of her daughter’s disappearance in 2001. But based on the recent discovery, there are plans to renew the investigation into what happened that night.
“Marlboro County, Darlington County and (S.C. Law Enforcement Division) SLED are going to be joining together and make an attempt to see if there are any other remains,” Knight said. “We might find some evidence in the wooded area.”
He said the discovery of her remains could be a key to unlocking the mystery of what really happened to Crystal Hicks.
“Pretty much what has happened, she went missing back in August of 2001, and we never ever came close to finding anything out about her whereabouts,” he said.
Knight said he hopes that people who knew Hicks will come forward with information that might help uncover clues about her disappearance.
“We’re just looking for any information about what happened to Crystal Hicks,” he said. “Please let the public know that we are pleading for any information or help.”
At this time, only the identity of the skull has been released. Knight said he hopes more information is forthcoming.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Crystal Hicks is asked to contact the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office at (843) 537-6371. Knight said officers will make every attempt to protect the identity of callers.
Monica Caison
CUE Center for Missing Persons
PO Box 12714
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910) 343-1131
(910) 232-1687 24 Hour Line
Email: cuecenter@aol.com
Website: http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/
He who walks in the way of integrity shall be in my service.
No one who practices deceit can hold a post in my court.
No one who speaks falsely can be among my advisors.
--Psalm 101
Sky News - Full coverage of the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann
Sky News - Full coverage of the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann
Has McCann maniac struck again?
Ryan Parry in Huelva 16/01/2008
Mari Luz Cortes
The dad of missing Spanish girl Mari Luz Cortes said yesterday the possibility she has been snatched by Madeleine McCann's abductors is too awful to consider.
Tearful Juan Jose, 34, said: "It's possible that the disappearance of my daughter is linked to the Madeleine case.
"But it is not something we want to contemplate right now."
Mari, five, vanished on Sunday in Huelva - 120 miles from the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz where four-year-old Madeleine disappeared on May 3.
Madeleine's dad Gerry said: "We are extremely concerned another young girl has gone missing in the region. We hope Mari is found quickly, safe and is returned to her family as soon as possible.
"Our thoughts are with her family as the search continues."
Dark-haired Mari vanished at around 5pm after asking her mother Irene for money to buy a bag of crisps at a kiosk 100 yards from their home. The Spanish frontier town of Huelva is just a 90-minute motorway drive from Praia da Luz. It is on the route Gerry and wife Kate fear that Madeleine's kidnappers may have taken as they smuggled her from Portugal into Spain - and then on to a boat to North Africa.
Investigators from Metodo 3, the Barcelona-based private detective agency working for the McCanns, were yesterday heading for Huelva as a huge police search for Mari continued into its third day. They will probe striking similarities between the two cases. Both girls are around the same age, both were left unsupervised by their parents and there are no definitive witnesses to either supposed abduction.
Spanish police are also said to be in contact with Portuguese authorities over the potential links.
Posters featuring photographs of Mari were yesterday being distributed along the Spanish-Portuguese border as 100 officers with sniffer dogs and 500 locals searched for her.
Mari wandered out of her home as mum Irene, 34, lay on the sofa feeling unwell.
She and husband Juan, a builder and former professional footballer, began to worry when she was not back after an hour and called police around 7.30pm on Sunday.
One potential witness claims to have seen a girl matching Mari's description on a bus in Huelva's suburbs with a woman of gipsy appearance who was shouting at her.
Juan last night begged for her return - in a plea that was a poignant reminder of the appeals that Kate and Gerry had made in Praia da Luz.
He said: "Whoever has her, bring her back and everything will be ok.
"If anyone has taken Mari Luz by mistake or if they thought she was lost, please bring her back." The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Gerry and Kate of all people know the agony that Mari's family are going through."
Has McCann maniac struck again?
Ryan Parry in Huelva 16/01/2008
Mari Luz Cortes
The dad of missing Spanish girl Mari Luz Cortes said yesterday the possibility she has been snatched by Madeleine McCann's abductors is too awful to consider.
Tearful Juan Jose, 34, said: "It's possible that the disappearance of my daughter is linked to the Madeleine case.
"But it is not something we want to contemplate right now."
Mari, five, vanished on Sunday in Huelva - 120 miles from the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz where four-year-old Madeleine disappeared on May 3.
Madeleine's dad Gerry said: "We are extremely concerned another young girl has gone missing in the region. We hope Mari is found quickly, safe and is returned to her family as soon as possible.
"Our thoughts are with her family as the search continues."
Dark-haired Mari vanished at around 5pm after asking her mother Irene for money to buy a bag of crisps at a kiosk 100 yards from their home. The Spanish frontier town of Huelva is just a 90-minute motorway drive from Praia da Luz. It is on the route Gerry and wife Kate fear that Madeleine's kidnappers may have taken as they smuggled her from Portugal into Spain - and then on to a boat to North Africa.
Investigators from Metodo 3, the Barcelona-based private detective agency working for the McCanns, were yesterday heading for Huelva as a huge police search for Mari continued into its third day. They will probe striking similarities between the two cases. Both girls are around the same age, both were left unsupervised by their parents and there are no definitive witnesses to either supposed abduction.
Spanish police are also said to be in contact with Portuguese authorities over the potential links.
Posters featuring photographs of Mari were yesterday being distributed along the Spanish-Portuguese border as 100 officers with sniffer dogs and 500 locals searched for her.
Mari wandered out of her home as mum Irene, 34, lay on the sofa feeling unwell.
She and husband Juan, a builder and former professional footballer, began to worry when she was not back after an hour and called police around 7.30pm on Sunday.
One potential witness claims to have seen a girl matching Mari's description on a bus in Huelva's suburbs with a woman of gipsy appearance who was shouting at her.
Juan last night begged for her return - in a plea that was a poignant reminder of the appeals that Kate and Gerry had made in Praia da Luz.
He said: "Whoever has her, bring her back and everything will be ok.
"If anyone has taken Mari Luz by mistake or if they thought she was lost, please bring her back." The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Gerry and Kate of all people know the agony that Mari's family are going through."
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