In the winter of 1996, a young girl named Sarena Natoya Glenn, just 11 years old, vanished from her home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Sarena, a biracial child with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen around December 1st of that year at her family's residence on Winter Park Drive in Cumberland County. She was not alone in her disappearance; with her were her mother, Robby Ann Floyd, her younger half-siblings, twins Brent and Brenttany Hughes, and her mother's teenage sister,
Jennifer Jane Hughes. The group's departure was witnessed by a neighbor who saw Robby Ann Floyd hastily packing boxes into a blue van. Robby reportedly told the neighbor they were heading to Alabama to visit her ailing father. An unidentified woman, whom Robby introduced as her mother, was also present, a detail later refuted by Robby's actual mother who stated she had not been to her daughter's home in years.
The circumstances surrounding the family's disappearance are shrouded in mystery and conflicting accounts. Sarena's stepfather, Jason 'Shane' Allen Floyd, who remained at the Fayetteville home with his and Robby's son, told authorities that he had spoken with his wife shortly after she left. He claimed she called from a motel in Sylacauga, Alabama, near her father's home, and promised to call again in a few days, but she never did. Despite this, relatives in Alabama reported that Robby and the children never arrived. Compounding the confusion, the family was not officially reported as missing until August of 1998, nearly two years after they were last seen, a delay attributed to Robby's infrequent contact with her extended family.
The investigation into the disappearance of Sarena and her family has been fraught with uncertainty and a lack of definitive leads. Authorities have explored various possibilities, including the theory that Robby Ann Floyd may have orchestrated their disappearance to evade legal troubles, as she was scheduled to be questioned about writing worthless checks on the very day she vanished. For a time, investigators believed the family was alive and did not wish to be found, leading to the case being closed in the 2000s. However, Sarena's father, Jerry Glenn, has publicly expressed his fears that foul play was involved. The lack of any substantial activity on the social security numbers of any of the five missing individuals for many years has led to a reevaluation of the initial theory of a voluntary disappearance. As time continues to pass, the case of Sarena Natoya Glenn and her family remains an unsolved and heart-wrenching mystery, leaving behind a void of unanswered questions and a family's desperate hope for resolution.Last Seen: Dec 1, 1996
