In the late summer of 2017, a 42-year-old woman named Shawna C. Jones vanished from her Charlotte, North Carolina, home, leaving behind a community searching for answers. She was last seen on the evening of August 25, 2017, at her residence in the 3000 block of Walter Street. On that day, Shawna, who was battling advanced cancer and was in severe pain, borrowed her roommate's car. When she didn't return, her roommate, Earnest Hooper, grew concerned.
After two days with no contact, he reported her missing to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Shawna was described as a Black female, standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing around 115 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair.
The initial days of the investigation yielded a perplexing clue. Six days after she was last seen, a credit card belonging to her roommate, which had been in her possession, was used at a car wash on Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte. A month-long pass for the car wash was purchased, but the vehicle was never brought back. A few days later, the red 2016 Mazda 6 she had been driving was discovered abandoned nearly 200 miles away on an entrance ramp to Interstate 26 in Summerville, South Carolina. There was no sign of Shawna at the scene. The discovery of the car so far from home deepened the mystery surrounding her disappearance.
The circumstances of Shawna Jones's disappearance remain unclear. Her roommate suggested she might have traveled to South Carolina to visit friends. Authorities from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department worked with law enforcement in Berkeley County, South Carolina, to follow up on all potential leads in the case. Despite the passage of time, her case remains an active missing person investigation, a painful uncertainty for her friends, family, and all who knew her. The lack of resolution leaves a void, and the question of what happened to Shawna Jones after she left her home that August evening persists.Last Seen: Aug 25, 2017
