NC-Jana Michelle Morton, 39, Alamance County

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/missing_23105___article.html/car_woman.html

4 March 09

The Alamance County Sheriff's Department is still searching for a 39-year-old woman who hasn't been seen since mid-February, although her car was found last Friday.

Jana Michelle Morton's white Dodge Intrepid was found in the parking lot of Food Lion on South Main Street in Graham, and investigators obtained a warrant to search the vehicle.

"As soon as we got our hands on the car, we executed a search warrant in the hopes that it would lead us to where she is," said Alamance County Sheriff's Capt. Robert Wilborn.

However, the search didn't provide any leads in the case, Wilborn said.

Morton's daughter reported her missing Feb. 22, although Morton has been missing since Feb. 13.

and

Morton is white. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 112 pounds. Her hair is brown. Her eyes are hazel. She was last seen wearing a tie-dyed shirt and blue jeans.

more at link

pic
http://images.onset.freedom.com/burlington/medium/kfziy9-morton.jpg (http://www.thetimesnews.com/sections/article/gallery/?pic=1&id=23105)

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/reward_23747___article.html/woman_information.html

27 March 09

A reward is being offered for information that aids Alamance County authorities in finding a Snow Camp woman missing since Feb. 13.

Detectives with the Alamance County Sheriff's Office are investigating the disappearance of Jana Michelle Morton. On Feb. 13, Morton left from 6550 Beale Road, Snow Camp enroute to her mother's home in Caswell County. She was driving a white, 1997 Dodge Intrepid. She never arrived at her destination and her whereabouts are unknown at this time. Ms. Morton's vehicle was recovered in the Food Lion parking lot in Graham on Feb. 27.

Morton is described as a white female, 5'3" tall, 112 pounds, 39 years old, brown hair and hazel colored eyes

Crime Stoppers will pay cash rewards for information leading to the clearance of this and other cases and ensures confidentiality of information leading to clearance of these crimes or apprehension of other fugitives. If you have information about these crimes or other crimes, call Crime Stoppers at 229-7100.

[Tonia]

Investigators interview inmate in case of missing woman

On March 2, sheriff's department investigators learned that Foust allegedly "spontaneously uttered admission to having possession and control of Jana Michelle Morton's vehicle," states a search warrant obtained that same day.

In that warrant, investigators were seeking Foust's DNA by means of a "saliva/bucal swab."

The sheriff's department obtained a search warrant on March 3 in order to seize all of Foust's personal property stored at the jail, including "any undergarments Foust may be allowed to maintain control of that were not stored in his personal belongings."

Charles Morton, who is raising his stepdaughter and a 7-year-old son that he and Jana Morton had while they were married, said that his ex-wife had some problems in the past.

They married in 1999. It wasn't until five years later, when Charles Morton got sick with a virus that resulted in him getting his left leg amputated, that Jana Morton started struggling, he said.

"She fell apart," he said. "I don't know what happened."

He said she got involved in drugs.

"She was trying to straighten up," Charles Morton said.

Four days before she disappeared, Jana Morton had just finished serving less than two months at North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women. Morton had been placed on probation after she was convicted on drug paraphernalia and attempted shoplifting charges in May 2008. That probation was revoked when she was convicted of misdemeanor larceny and shoplifting in August 2008.

"She was a good person," Charles Morton said. "She just got with the wrong crowd. She knew she needed help."

When Charles Morton heard that Jana Morton's Dodge Intrepid was found, he knew something was wrong.

"I knew she wouldn't give up that car. That was all she had. I knew right then something wasn't right," he said. "... She don't deserve to be laying out there in the woods like discarded trash like nobody cares about her. She was loved."

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/morton-24674-foust-jana.html