GUILTY NC - Patricia Swaim, 49, Mocksville, 20 Feb 2011

MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP)— Davie County sheriff's deputies are looking for a Mocksville woman who hasn't been heard from since late February.

Patricia Yvette Swaim, 49, of 184 Serenity Dr., has not made contact with family or friends since Feb. 20, when she spoke with her adult daughter, deputies said.

Deputies said they have no description of a vehicle Swaim may have traveled in, nor a known direction of travel.

Anyone with information as to Swaim's whereabouts is asked to call the Davie County Sheriff's office at (336) 751-6238 or Detective Kim Palmer at (336) 936-2972.

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Davie County, NC -- A 56-year-old was arrested Wednesday in connection to the murder of a woman who shared his home.

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A man who was charged with first-degree murder after being accused of dismembering his girlfriend in 2011 was allowed to plead to the lesser charge of second-degree murder in Davie Superior Court last week.

David Earl Hughes, 59, was living with Patricia Yvette Swaim off Serenity Drive, when Swaim’s daughter reported her missing March 10, 2011. Most of Swaim’s remains were found March 23, in a field near the home. She had been shot in the head and her body had been dismembered, burned, and partially hidden under a stump...

Judge Joseph Crosswhite sentenced him to a minimum of 144 and a maximum of 182 months, with credit for time spent incarcerated since his arrest.

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