Paula Merchant

Missing

Case Description
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Paula Louise Merchant, a 25-year-old woman from Forest Acres, South Carolina, disappeared on the evening of January 3, 1999. She left her parents' home around 6:30 p.m. to attend a Narcotics Anonymous meeting at a local church but never arrived. Later that night, around midnight, her tan 1989 Nissan Sentra was found burned and abandoned behind a vacant building on Commerce Drive in Columbia, South Carolina. Her purse was still inside the car, and the keys remained in the ignition, but there was ...Read More
Last Seen: Jan 03, 1999
Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Jan 12, 2024

Paula

Merchant

50

25

66 inches

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Jan 03, 1999

Forest Acres

South Carolina

Richland County

6294

Forest Acres Police Department

Forest Acres

South Carolina

Richland County

29206

5205 N. Trenholm Road, South Carolina

8037829444

Local

Law Enforcement

Forest Acres Police Department

Blond/Strawberry

Brown

Brown

No

09/16/2024


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Does anyone happen to know if Paula has any known enemies? Just curious to see if there may be any p... ...Read More
07/02/2024
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