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In the summer of 2012, 55-year-old Alma Jean Octetree, a woman with brown hair and hazel eyes, vanished from Asheville, North Carolina. At the time of her disappearance, Alma was experiencing homelessness and was known to camp in the areas around Chunns Cove Road and Town Mountain Road. The last confirmed contact with her was on May 30, 2012, though she would not be officially reported as a missing person by her family for nearly two years. Known also by the names Alma Edmonds Octetree and Alma ...Read More
Last Seen: May 30, 2012

Victim Details

Sep 16, 2014

Jan 12, 2024

Alma

Octetree

67

55

61 inches

62 inches

110 lbs

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 30, 2012

Asheville

North Carolina

Buncombe County

15817

Asheville Police Department

Asheville

North Carolina

Buncombe County

28801

Kevin Taylor

Detective

100 Court Plaza, North Carolina

8282521110

Local

Law Enforcement

14-011980

Asheville Police Department

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

06/19/2026


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