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Abby Lynn Patterson
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Abby Lynn Patterson

3,338 Days Without Answers

Age at Disappearance
20
Last Seen
September 5, 2017
Location
Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina
Investigating Agency
Lumberton Police Department
Agency Phone
(910) 671-3845
Height
67 in
Weight
140 lbs
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Brown

Circumstances

Patterson was last seen in Lumberton, North Carolina at 11:30 a.m. on September 5, 2017. She left her home on East 9th Street saying she had errands to run and would be back in half an hour, walked toward Inglewood Avenue, and got into a brown Buick sedan. The driver, an acquaintance, later told police he dropped her off somewhere else. She has never been heard from again. She has a tattoo of three birds in black ink on the back of her right shoulder and a dark birthmark on the back of her right thigh. Her case remains unsolved.

Case file last verified October 16, 2026 against the official sources cited above.

More Case Information

Additional details from the official case record, provided for identification.

Sex
Female
Race
White / Caucasian

Sources: Charley Project · FBI

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