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[Lori Davis]

Madison County Sheriff's Office Searching for Missing Woman


11/23/2011

The Madison County Sheriff's Office needs your help to track down a missing woman.    

Twenty-two-year-old Lauren Susann Smith was last seen Monday in the northern part of Madison County. She was wearing a pink long sleeve shirt, a black short sleeve shirt and dark colored pants.  The family has had no contact with Lauren.  

Anyone that may have any information on the whereabouts of Lauren please contact the Madison County Sheriff's Office at (540) 948-5161.

Read more: http://www.nbc29.com...r-missing-woman

[Lori Davis]

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Madison police search for missing person

By: STAR EXPONENT STAFF
Published: November 26, 2011

Madison County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for a 22-year-old woman last seen Monday afternoon.

Lauren Susann Smith was last seen at 2:15 p.m. Monday wearing a pink long sleeve shirt with a black short sleeve shirt over it and dark colored pants in the northern area of Madison County. Smith’s family has not been able to contact her.

A MCSO employee confirmed Friday that there are no further details.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call MCSO at 540-948-5161.

[Lori Davis]

MCSO still looking for missing 22-year-old woman

By: Rhonda Simmons
Published: November 30, 2011

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Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputies are still searching for a missing 22-year-old Madison woman, who was last seen about a week ago.

Madison County Sheriff Erik Weaver said Lauren Susann Smith, a 5-foot-5-inch, 250-pound white female, who has green eyes and brown hair, was dropped off to clean a house on Oak Ridge Lane in Leon, located in the northern part of Madison County, on Nov. 21 at 2:15 p.m.

“She did not clean that day and has not been heard from or seen since,” Weaver said. “She did have her cell phone, however, she had nothing else with her to indicate she was going away.”

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[Lori Davis]

Search Continues in Madison for Missing Woman

Posted: Dec 02, 2011 6:14 PM EST
Updated: Dec 02, 2011 6:18 PM EST

Madison County deputies are trying to find Lauren Susann Smith who disappeared without a trace more than two weeks ago.

Investigators have conducted ground searches and polygraphs and have even traced her cell phone and e-mail records to places all over the world. But so far, every lead has turned up empty in the search for 22-year-old Smith.

Madison County Sheriff Erik Weaver said, "Madison's a quiet community, but it's becoming more and more unusual events are occurring here in Madison..."

Read more: http://www.nbc29.com...r-missing-woman

[Lori Davis]

Smith search continues
Teams scour two wooded areas, transfer station for clues

By: Marilyn Cox | Eagle Reporter
Published: December 14, 2011

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Community members are getting involved in the search for a 22-year-old missing Madison County woman.

On Sunday, despite chilly 35-degree temperatures, about 20 people gathered at the Brightwood General Store on Ridgeview Road to organize a search party for Lauren Susann Smith, who was last seen Nov. 21.

It was the second civilian search party and both resulted in the same outcome – no clues as to her whereabouts.

The first civilian search party met at Hebron Lutheran Church Dec. 3 to look for her in the woods behind where she was missing from.

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[Lori Davis]

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Search for Smith Takes a Turn with New Information

Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:44 PM EST
Updated: Mar 13, 2012 10:45 PM EDT

There is new information and surveillance video on a case of a Madison County missing woman, but the latest clues have investigators switching gears on the case.

The video of 23-year-old Lauren Susanne Smith was released to NBC29 Tuesday. Along with new information, police believe she may have run off on purpose.

"You find out that when you are an adult and you choose to disappear, you can disappear pretty easily," Investigator Greg Garrett of Madison County Sheriff's Office said.

Garrett has been heading up investigation on this case and has openly admitted frustration with the lack of leads, and now, people possibly misleading police.

"It is frustrating because we continue doing everything we can do and have no luck finding her," Garrett said.

Smith disappeared on November 21, 2011. According to one of her friends, she was dropped off at a cleaning job on Oak Ridge Lane in Madison County right before she vanished.

A surveillance tape from a 7-Eleven in Culpeper shows Smith and her friend visiting another buddy working behind the counter. The footage is thought to be taken around 3:00 the afternoon Smith vanished. That's just minutes before the witness claims to have dropped her off for her part-time employment.

"She hasn't committed any crimes," Garrett said. "We just need to hear from her. We just need to know that she's okay."

Investigators also believe Smith was carrying $2,000 to $5,000 in her pockets that day. A suitcase went missing from her home, and friends have reported to police that Smith was asking for advice on how to legally disappear.

Smith left all of her personal credit cards, her driver's license, and her passport behind in the car parked outside of the 7-Eleven in the surveillance video.

Police believe Smith has a set of unclaimed car tags in her possession that once were on her brother's old vehicle. That license plate is thought to read XBW2666. Garrett also thinks Smith, an avid online gamer, was possibly looking to buy a vehicle off Craigslist.

Garrett said, "She had perhaps planned to disappear for whatever reason, and she's done that and wherever she's at, you know, we're certainly in hopes that she's safe."

Garrett thinks one of the key witnesses in this case is not telling them everything he knows.

"The frustrating thing for us, no doubt," Garrett explained, "is we have one young man who holds the key here."

There have been potential sightings of Smith reported in the past few weeks, one in the town of Orange and another in Stafford County.

If you have any information on Smith's disappearance, call the Madison County Sheriff's Office at 540-948-5161.

[Lori Davis]

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Leads elude authorities in Lauren Susann Smith disappearance

They seek public's help in finding out what happened to the young Madison woman, now missing two years

Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:00 pm | Updated: 7:18 pm, Fri Dec 6, 2013.

By Don Richeson / Eagle Editor

 

MADISON – The two-year anniversary of the last confirmed sighting of Lauren Susann Smith came and went last week, yet solid leads in the Madison County 24 year old’s disappearance remain hard to come by.

 

A still image from a surveillance camera at a Culpeper convenience store captured her picture on the afternoon of Nov. 21, 2011. The five-foot, five-inch, 190- to 195-pound, brown-haired woman with green eyes is wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt in the image. It reads in white letters across the front, “LONGWOOD” – the name of the university where she was close to graduating from with a degree in social work. That video was the last confirmed sighting of her, Madison County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Greg Garrett told The Eagle last week.

 

Authorities aren’t certain if a relative actually dropped her off that same afternoon at a Oak Ridge Lane home in Madison County, as the relative, who has since moved to Florida, alleged. In one of a number of strange twists in the investigation though, that same home at the time was the residence of Kenneth Kuban, who was sentenced this month to federal prison in a sex ad stalking case that authorities say is unrelated to Smith’s disappearance.

 

Smith had regularly worked in the home as part of her job with a cleaning service. A pistol was also reported missing from the home.

 

Smith is reported to have had little or none of her possessions with her when she went missing, other than a cell phone (and no charger), although she may have had a large sum of money with her. Friends and relatives say they’ve had no word from her since her disappearance and authorities are asking members of the public to come forward if they have any information that might help the investigation. They can call the Madison Sheriff’s Office at (540) 948-5161.