Area residents interested in volunteering to search for one of two missing women in the Myrtle Beach area will have the opportunity to do so Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to the woman’s family.
Members of Heather Elvis’ family posted Thursday on Facebook that they will be actively searching starting at 9 a.m. each day and welcome volunteers to help. Volunteers must register with members of the Community United Effort Center for Missing Person or CUE Center by using an online application at www.ncmissingperson.org/volunteer-online-2/.
http://liarcatchers.com/missing_persons_investigations.html
Searchers, who must have photo identification, will meet at 9 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Tidewater Road, which is located off Waccamaw Boulevard near U.S. 501 in Myrtle Beach.
Elvis was last seen about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 17, according to police. In a report filed late Dec. 19, a police officer on patrol saw the 20-year-old’s vehicle parked at Peachtree boat landing and called her father, who is the owner, to inquire why it was parked there.
Her father said he last heard from Elvis about 10:43 p.m. Dec. 17 when she sent him a text message. There is a $20,000 reward for information about her whereabouts.
Then on Dec. 25, Jamie Lynn Cross, 24, of Myrtle Beach was reported missing after she was last seen two days earlier getting into a vehicle to go to dinner with a 31-year-old man, according to a police report. Cross had borrowed $35 from her brother and left about 4:30 p.m. that day.
In the report, police were told Cross had “done this before, but usually contacts someone within 24 hours” after she leaves.
In the posting on the Facebook page “Find Heather Elvis,” those wanting to search are asked not to do so independently, but instead register with CUE Center organizers and check-in with them when you arrive at the site. Searchers also should dress appropriately in boots for hiking, long pants and bring rain gear.
Volunteers will receive instructions regarding safety, evidence and possible crime scenes, according to the post. Those who want to donate food or water should bring it to the staging location along Tidewater Road.
During previous searches, volunteers have twice found human remains that are being examined, according to authorities. The bones were identified as being from a male at least 20 years old, Horry County Coroner Robert Edge previously said.
The bones are believed to belong to the same person and Edge said they may have been scattered around the area by an animal because none of the remains were together in skeleton form.
Pieces of a hip, the skull, and a couple longer bones were found strewn about the area, according to a police report. No clothing was found in the area and officials said in the report the bones appeared to have been in that area for a while.
Edge expects a report of the anthropologist’s findings in a week to 10 days. The bones will be sent to the University of Texas for DNA testing, which could take several weeks.
Elvis is 5 feet 1 inch tall, weighs about 118 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.
Cross stands about 5-foot 11-inches tall, weighs more than 200 pounds and her hair was most recently neon pink.
Anyone with information about the women can call Horry County police at 915-TIPS.
