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[Lori Davis]

Today marks 2 years that Dedrick has been missing.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones.

[Lori Davis]

https://www.findthem....org/cases/1202
NamUs profile for Dedrick Bernard Smith - Case #1202

[Lori Davis]

http://charlotte.new...for-missing-son

Family continues search for missing son

05/16/2010 12:38 PM
By: News 14 Carolina Staff

Dedrick Smith, 26, disappeared from Winston-Salem in October 2006.

Smith suffers from a mental illness and is in need of medication. Police and family continue to search for answers in his case.

His mother, Deborah Smith, wonders every day what happened to her son.

"A mother without her child – there's just no words to explain it. I'm constantly looking for him every day," she said. "If I see someone that kind of favors him, I found myself staring at that person."

On Oct. 3, 2006, Dedrick Smith left his family's home driving his turquoise 1993 Pontiac Grand Am with North Carolina license plates NYB-3645.

"That evening he called me at work. He told me he was OK. I said, 'I'll see you when I get home,'" Deborah Smith said. "Like I say, he called that night to say goodnight and the following morning he didn't come home."

No one has seen or heard from him since. The family doesn't think he ran away.

"For Dedrick to have been gone all of this time, we know this is not something that he would do," Belinda Smith, his aunt, said.

Because of Smith's mental illness, his family says they aren't sure why he never came back.

"Dedrick would just not walk away, so I feel like maybe he's confused, don't know who he is, don't know where he is," Deborah Smith said. "He would just not walk away. That's just not him."

Authorities say there aren't many clues about what happened. But they said they haven't stopped searching for him.

"We have knocked on doors, we have been through neighborhoods, passed out fliers. We begged for assistance," Belinda Smith said.

Family members say Dedrick Smith is a loving, churchgoing young man and that brothers, nieces and nephews all looked up to him.

"It's just devastating. That's the only thing I could say. Just devastating, heartbreaking to not know where your child is," his mother said.

[Lori Davis]

Winston Salem NC
Friday, October 21, 2011

The third stop on the first day of the On The Road To Remember tour brought us to Winston Salem and the family of Dedrick Smith. Derrick was 26 years old when he went missing on Oct 3, 2006. His smiling face stared out at me from all the many photos....Trophies were arranged with care...

Read more: http://insightsfromt...n-salem-nc.html

[Lori Davis]

Dedrick has now been missing over 5 years.  Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and loved ones.

[Lori Davis]

http://www.digtriad....For-Missing-Man

Dedrick Smith Missing: $10,000 Cash Reward Offered
11:20 PM, Nov 8, 2013 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A Clemmons man is offering a $10,000 reward to solve a missing person's case from seven years ago.

Dedrick Smith's mother last heard from her son Oct. 2, 2006. He's been missing ever since.

Dedrick was 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed about 178 pounds at the time he was reported missing.

Despite efforts over the years to find Dedrick, the family still has not heard from him or received any information on his location. They even put up a billboard along Silas Creek Parkway in 2012 with a photo of Dedrick.

In April 2012, family members told WFMY News 2 that his disappearance is puzzling. They said even his car, a '93 Pontiac Grand AM with NC plate number NYB3645, has vanished. His mother said he was with his girlfriend when he called her at 2 a.m. to tell her he wasn't coming home the night they last spoke.

Rick Baker, a writer and missing person's activist, is willing to pay big money for finding Dedrick. "Someone knows something," he said.

But he wants proof.

Baker says people can report anonymously, but they need to show him that Dedrick is alive or give evidence of his death.

"You show me where Dedrick is, what happened to him, you can have this $10,000. It's just that simple," said Baker.

Dedrick's mother, Debra Smith, says Baker is a 'God-send.'

Debra said, "You birthed the child into this world and your child comes up missing, there are no words to explain that, all I can tell you is that my world has been turned upside and that my heart is broken into a million and one pieces."

Baker plans to offer the reward through the rest of 2013.

If you have any information about Dedrick, call (760) 212-3839 or email rglennbaker@mac.com.

[Deborah]

Dedrick is still missing.

 

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Winston-Salem Police Department
336-773-7700