Glenda Quisenberry 41, Msg 06/1989, [Case Re-Opened], Grady County FL

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Missing Woman's Case Re-opened After 20 Years

Posted: 4:56 PM May 1, 2009
Last Updated: 4:56 PM May 1, 2009
Reporter: La'Tasha Givens
Email Address: latasha.givens@wctv.tv




It's been twenty years since Mary High Smith and Elizabeth Murphy last saw their sister Glenda Quisenberry.
"She was a good kind hearted person. She would give her last drink of water and her last bite of bread" says her sister Elizabeth Murphy.
Many birthdays and holidays have come and gone, but still no word on her whereabouts. "For Christmas and Thanksgiving she would always come and we would all be together", says Murphy.
Quisenberry was last seen in Grady County at a shelter for battered women. Witnesses say she was being carried over the shoulders of her then boyfriend. And from there the case goes cold.
A change in administration at the Thomas County Sheriff's Office prompted investigators to take a second look at this case. New technology which they could not discuss has them steps closer to solving this case.
"If we could find out what happened to her maybe then we could have some closure with it" says Smith.
Murphy says," We have her headstone out there and I would love to have her body to put in it."
For now Glenda Quisenberry's headstone lies with her parents and younger brother but hers remain without a date.
Investigators need your help solving this case. If anyone has seen Glenda Quisenberry or have any information on this case contact the Thomas County Sheriff's Office at 229.225.3315.

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'89 case reopened: Investigator reinterviewing witnesses in search of missing woman

by patti dozier, Thomasville Times-enterprise

Apr. 1

THOMASVILLE _ Glenda Diane Quisenberry has not been in contact with her family for a long time.
It has been almost two decades since the woman, then 41, contacted her family _ something those who knew her find highly unusual.
"We've exhausted all the leads in the case," said Lt. Tim Watkins, Thomas County Sheriff's Office chief investigator.
Quisenberry's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance was the last person to be seen with her, Watkins said Tuesday. The former boyfriend lives in Jacksonville, Fla.
"He said she was intoxicated and passed out, and he went to get something to eat, and when he got back, she was gone," the investigator said.
The trailer was on Carter Road near Stewart Road.
"She disappeared In June 1989," Watkins said. Quisenberry's family reported her missing in August 1989.
The investigator is reinterviewing witnesses in the case. He hopes others will come forward with information.
The Quisenberry case is the only missing person case in sheriff's office files. It resurfaces every year when the National Crime Information Center validates sheriff's office cases.
This year, Watkins decided to take a new look at the case.
"I hope to be able to provide answers to the family," he explained.
When asked if he thinks Quisenberry is dead, Watkins did not answer.
However, he explained that Quisenberry's daughter, with whom she was in daily contact and who was pregnant at the time of the disappearance, has not heard from her mother since June 1989.
Neither has the missing woman's sister been contacted by her sibling. The sisters were close and in constant contact.
A body has not been found, but neither has Quisenberry resurfaced alive, the investigator pointed out.

http://dailyme.com/story/2009040100002480/89-case-reopened-investigator-reinterviewing-witnesses.html

[Faith]

Investigators Use Cadaver Dogs to Search For Missing Woman

Posted: 7:06 PM Jun 27, 2009
Last Updated: 11:47 PM Jun 27, 2009

Thomas County investigators continue to search for clues in the missing woman's case of Glenda Quisenberry.

Investigators say in 1989 Quisenberry lived in a trailer off Lost Arrow Road with her then boyfriend Jerry Hobbs. Authorities say after a brutal attack with Hobbs, Quisenberry went to a shelter for battered women. And from there she was never seen or heard from again

Lieutenant Tim Watkins with the Thomas County Sheriff's Department says, "We are searching the area where Mr. Hobbs admitted to investigators that he brought her the night she disappeared."

When the case re-opened in April Hobbs was charged with Quisenberry's murder. Two months later the charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence.

On Saturday morning, cadaver dogs and their trainers searched 125 acres of land off of Lost Arrow Road in Thomas county looking for Quisenberry's remains. "We would like to find Mrs. Quisenberry and give her back to her family and to resolve this case" says Watkins.

Officials say cadaver dogs could be key in finding evidence that could explain what actually happened the night Quisenberry disappeared.

Heidy Drawdy with South Georgia Search Dogs says, "They can find human scent when people can't, their sense of smell is extremely strong they can find bodies that are buried and they can even find bodies in water."

Investigators will continue to search the area for the next two days and follow new leads. Anyone one with information on Glenda Quisenberry's disappearance is asked to call the Thomas County Sheriff's Department at 229.225.3315.
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