A woman recently reported missing in Asheville may have actually disappeared 21 years ago from New Jersey.
“I have spent 21 years looking for Renee. My parents died looking for Renee,” her sister Margaret LaManna said by phone Tuesday afternoon.
A Silver Alert was issued Monday for Renee LaManna, 56, on Monday. She was last seen hitchhiking near the TA Truck Stop in Haywood County.
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The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons reports LaManna disappeared in 1994 from her sister’s home in Ocean City, New Jersey when she was 35.
The center says LaManna suffers from Dissociative Fugue Disorder, which could cause her not to remember her name or how long she’s been away.
Her family believes she may be hitchhiking to Florida.
Along the way, she has been spotted several times throughout Western North Carolina, even being dropped off on Patton Avenue in October by a police officer who did not realize she was missing.
“The officer checked everything based on the information the lady gave and there was nothing flagged that there was anything wrong, just a person passing through Asheville and that happens all the time and since then we found out it was the young lady that was missing,” said Sgt. Scott Lunsford with the Asheville Police Department.
If you have any information, call Asheville Police at 828-252-1110
