Paula Merchant

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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
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    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