Bethanie “Buffy” Dougherty vanished from her home more than three years ago, and her family is still looking for answers.
They continue to raise money to search for her, said father, Terry M. Curtis. A recent fundraiser in Marathon raised $3,650.
The mother of three, who was 40 when she disappeared, was last seen at her Town of Lisle home on the night of April 1, 2008.
At about 3 a.m. April 2, neighbors called police to report screams in the hamlet of Killawog where Dougherty lived, but police didn’t detect any problems in the area. Dougherty was reported missing later that day.
While the police investigation into her disappearance remains open, family members have turned to a private investigator. Michael Bidwell, owner of Check Mate Private Investigation of Cortland, is also involved in the search for Dougherty, Curtis said.
The agency has received about one to two tips each week pertaining to Dougherty’s disappearance, Curtis said.
Curtis said he’s hopeful the family will get an answer to what happened to her.
“I really feel he’s going to give us some kind of resolution — whatever it is,” Curtis said.
There’s also reward money for information leading to Dougherty’s return, her father said. The family has about $9,000 set aside.
The tip line for Check Mate is (607) 758-6199.
The case of another woman, Bambi Madden, who was last seen in January 2006, also remains unsolved.
Madden, who was 34 years old at the time of her disappearance, had left her house on Winding Way in Binghamton to get beer at a nearby convenience store, but hasn’t been seen thereafter.
Both women are listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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