Global InformationDisappearance of Jamie Fraley information
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Jamie Michelle Fraley | |
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| Born | March 5, 1986 Gaston County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Disappeared | April 8, 2008 (aged 22) Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Status | Missing for 16 years, 2 months and 14 days |
| Known for | Disappearance |
| Height | 4 ft 9 in (145 cm) |
In the early hours of April 8, 2008, Jamie Fraley (born March 5, 1986[1]), of Gastonia, North Carolina, United States, told a friend over the phone that she was going to the hospital for the third time in the last 24 hours due to a stomach flu. When asked who was taking her there, Fraley said it was another friend and declined to further identify that person. She has not been seen since; her cellphone was found a few days later but provided no useful information as to her whereabouts.
Investigators initially believed she had met with foul play, and began focusing on Ricky Simonds Sr., her fiancé's father, who lived in the same apartment complex, as a person of interest.[2] He had driven Fraley to the hospital on one of her previous visits that day, and had a criminal record that included prison time for manslaughter after he had strangled a girlfriend in the 1980s. However, the investigation ended two months later when Simonds was found dead, apparently of heat stroke, in the trunk of a former girlfriend's car.[3]
In 2015, a prison inmate confessed that he had killed Fraley, but he was incarcerated at the time Fraley disappeared.[4] The investigation continues, and in 2012 the case was the subject of an episode of the Investigation Discovery channel's Disappeared.[5]
- ^ "Jamie Michelle Fraley". Community United Effort. 2009. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ Hirsch, Deborah (June 10, 2008). "Man in trunk 'of interest' in open case". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Lyttle, Steve (April 8, 2014). "After 6 years, Gaston women's disappearance is still a mystery". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ Turbyfill, Diane (September 5, 2015). "Killer confesses to more crimes". Gaston Gazette. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ "Innocence Lost". Disappeared. Season 4. Episode 10. January 2, 2012. Investigation Discovery. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved March 18, 2018.