Missing Woman: Susan Kay DeLuca--SC--04/15/2010

[LoriDavis]

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=452596
Horry County woman reported missing   

By Continuous News Desk
Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 5:58 p.m.



Horry County Police say Susan Kay DeLuca, 45, was last seen on April 15, possibly on her way to the State of Maryland to visit family.

On April 29, her family reported her missing. Detectives began investigating and learned she never made it to Maryland.

A preliminary investigation revealed that DeLuca may have been seen in Marion County near Sparky's Fireworks on Hwy. 501. She is believed to be driving her silver Dodge Stratus, SC Tag #AIL 991.

If anyone has any information on the location of Susan DeLuca, they are asked to contact the Horry County Police Department directly at 843-915-5350, or 843-915-TIPS (8477).

[LoriDavis]

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Police search for missing Aynor woman

Posted: May 04, 2010 3:44 PM EDT
Updated: May 04, 2010 4:34 PM EDT
 
AYNOR, SC (WMBF) - Investigators with the Horry County Police Department are asking for the public's help in tracking down a woman who was reported missing by family members on April 29.

Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Kegler says Susan DeLuca was reported to be traveling to Maryland on April 15 to visit family members, but never showed up. Two weeks later, DeLuca's family called police to report the woman as missing.

Through an investigation by detectives, it was learned DeLuca may have been seen in Marion County near Sparky's Fireworks in US-501. DeLuca is believed to be driving a silver Dodge Stratus with South Carolina tag AIL-991.

Anyone with information on the location of DeLuca is asked to contact the Horry County Police Department at (843) 915-5350.

[Jenn]

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Missing Aynor woman’s car found in river near Galivants Ferry

Published: June 21, 2010 Updated: June 21, 2010

AYNOR - The car belonging to a missing Aynor woman was found at the bottom of the Little Pee Dee River.

According to Sgt. Robert Kegler with Horry County Police, Marion County Sheriff’s deputies found the car belonging to Susan Kay DeLuca submerged Friday near Galivants Ferry.

A dive team from Horry County searched the water Monday morning and found nothing.

DeLuca, 45 of Aynor was reported to be traveling to Maryland to visit her family on April 15.

Approximately two weeks later, her family reported her missing.  Detectives initiated an investigation once law enforcement learned that she never made it to Maryland.

The preliminary investigation revealed that Susan may have been seen in Marion County near Sparky’s Fireworks on Hwy. 501.

If anyone has any information on the location of Susan DeLuca, they are asked to contact the Horry County Police Department directly at 915-5350, or you can call 915-TIPS (8477)

[Jenn]

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Landlord describes missing Aynor woman as: ‘Good tenant’

By Aisha Khan | WBTW Reporter Published: June 21, 2010 Updated: June 21, 2010

AYNOR - Horry County Police continue to investigate the case of a missing Aynor woman.

According to police reports 46-year-old Susan Kay DeLuca was on her way to visit family on April 15 in Maryland but never arrived.

The preliminary investigation revealed that DeLuca may have been seen in Marion County near Sparky’s Fireworks on Highway 501.

According to Sergeant Robert Kegler with Horry County Police, Marion County Sheriff’s deputies found the car belonging to DeLuca submerged Friday near Galivants Ferry.

A dive team from Horry County searched the water Monday morning and found nothing.

Ted Godbolt, DeLuca’s landlord whom she rented a mobile home from on William Nobles Road said she lived with a man and both kept quiet to themselves.

“This is a shocker,” said Godbolt, “This is all a family neighborhood. She said that she liked it there and she wanted to stay there and I liked them being there because they paid their rent on time.”

According to police reports, DeLuca quit working at the Waffle House off of Highway 501 East shortly before she went missing.

Monday evening, News 13 attempted to speak with those who possibly knew her as an employee but no one chose to comment.

“It is very very unfortunate,” said Godbolt, “I hate it for her, I hate it for her family, I wish they could find her alive.“

News 13 spoke with DeLuca’s mother Clara Beavers in Maryland. Beavers did not have much to say but commented that the last time she spoke to her daughter was on April 13.

Beavers said in her conversation with her daughter, DeLuca never mentioned she was coming to visit.

If anyone has any information on the location of Susan DeLuca, they are asked to contact the Horry County Police Department directly at 915-5350, or call 915-TIPS (8477).

[Jenn]

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=472817

Missing woman's car found, cadaver dogs respond

by Graeme Moore Posted: 06.21.2010 at 11:39 AM Updated: 06.21.2010 at 6:35 PM

A private search group utilizing cadaver dogs assisted Horry County Police and Horry County Fire Rescue on Monday in a mission along the Little Pee Dee River in Galivants Ferry.

Police spokesman Robert Kegler says the crews were searching for evidence in the case of a missing woman whose car was found in this river on Friday.

Kegler said that on Friday evening, the Marion County Sheriff's Office located a vehicle belonging to Susan DeLuca, an Aynor woman reported missing on April 29.

Kegler said DeLuca was last seen possibly in mid-April, but she wasn't reported missing for another two weeks.

Members of HCPD's crime scene were on standby at the landing while HCFR's dive team rode along the banks of the river. Around 9:30 a.m., a cadaver dog specializing in water searches boarded the dive team's boat, and the crews worked for about an hour.

The dogs took a break, but were launched again onto the river by boat around 11:00. By 11:20, the dogs and boats were out of the water, and Kegler said there was no evidence found during the search.

Crews on scene think DeLuca's vehicle went into the river via a boat ramp. They do not think it went over the bridge on US Highway 501 near the Galivants Ferry boat landing.

DeLuca's father told NewsChannel 15 his daughter moved to Horry County about five years ago and described her as somewhat transient. He said, though, that she's never gone this long without checking in.

A woman who lives at the house where DeLuca was living before she vanished said she knew DeLuca casually and that it wasn't like her to just leave.

"She left her stuff like she was coming back. She didn't leave like a person moving with no intention of coming back or disappearing," said Jean King.

[Jenn]

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Police: Recovered vehicle linked to missing Aynor woman

Posted: Jun 21, 2010 11:22 AM EDT Updated: Jun 21, 2010 11:37 PM EDT

GALIVANTS FERRY, SC (WMBF) - Cadaver dogs with the Horry County Police Department searched a section of the Little Pee Dee River Monday for evidence connected to the discovery of a submerged car on Friday.

According to Sgt. Robert Kegler, spokesman for Horry County Police, the recovered vehicle has been linked to an Aynor woman who was reported missing on April 29.

"She's a very sweet and loving person, she would give you the shirt off her back" Dena Sandwick said, a friend of the missing woman.

Kelger said Susan DeLuca was reported to be traveling to Maryland on April 15 to visit family members, but never arrived to her destination. Two weeks later, DeLuca's family called police to report the woman as missing.

An investigation led detectives to believe DeLuca may have been seen in Marion County near Sparky's Fireworks on US-501 around the time of her disappearance. DeLuca was believed to have been driving a silver Dodge Stratus with South Carolina tag AIL-991.

"I pray all the time, and I hope that she shows up soon, I don't know why she would be hiding," DeLuca's mother Clara Beavers said.

Monday's search along the Little Pee Dee River in Galivants Ferry, however, did not yield any substantial evidence in the case.

Anyone with further information on DeLuca's disappearance is being asked to call the Horry County Police Department at (843) 915-5350.

[LoriDavis]

HCPD: Case "cold" in search for missing Waffle House waitress

Posted: Jun 21, 2011 10:16 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 21, 2011 10:28 PM EDT
By Mark Meredith, WMBF News Reporter

AYNOR, SC (WMBF) - Family and friends of a missing Aynor woman continue to hold out hope after over a year of searching concludes with few results.

Horry County Police were first informed of Susan DeLuca's disappearance back in April of 2010 after family members became concerned from a lack of phone contact. It wasn't until nearly two months later, on June 21st, that police discovered DeLuca's car submerged in the Little Pee Dee River.

"Somebody knows, somebody must have seen something," said Rachel Larrimore, a friend and former housemate of the missing woman.

Read more: http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/14952885/police-case-cold-in-search-for-missing-waffle-house-waitress