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Charles Smith Missing Person Case

Last seen in Moneta, Virginia on Sep 28, 2018

Victim Details

Sep 25, 2023

Jan 12, 2024

Charles

Smith

65

58

68 inches

155 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Sep 28, 2018

Moneta

Virginia

Bedford County

24121

No

129897

Bedford County Sheriff's Office

Bedford

Virginia

Bedford County

24523

1345 Falling Creek Road, Virginia

5405867827

County

Law Enforcement

http://bedfordcountysheriff.org/

201821900

2018-10-05

Bedford County Sheriff's Office

Gray or Partially Gray

Brown

Brown

No

07/21/2026


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In the quiet area of Moneta, Virginia, a family's life was changed in the fall of 2018. Fifty-eight-year-old Charles 'Chuck' Howard Smith, a resident of Bedford County, was last definitively seen on September 28, 2018. On that day, he was observed at the drive-thru of a Food Lion pharmacy, simply picking up a prescription. This routine errand would become the last known public sighting of the man with graying hair and brown eyes. The following day, a concerning discovery was made; ...
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Last Seen: Sep 28, 2018

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