NC NC - Sandee Cornett, 26, Charlotte, 18 Nov 1984

Sandee Elaine Cornett
Missing 18 November 1984 from Charlotte, NC
Age: 26
Clothing: Dark Blue Jogging Suit

Sandee Elaine Cornett, age 26, disappeared from her Charlotte, NC home on or shortly after 18 November 1984, when she was last seen by her fiance.

When she failed to answer his phone calls to her, the fiance called a neighbor who had a key to her house. The neighbor entered her house and found it in order, and without any sign of struggle or break-in.

Missing from her house were a dictating (Phone answering) machine, an ATM card, and a dark blue jogging suit. Sandee was known to wear the jogging suit around the house.

Left behind and dumped on Sandee's bed were the contents of her brown purse (lying on the bed empty), her house keys, her checkbook, and driver's license. The television was still on.

Following Sandee's sudden disappearance, attempts to withdraw money from her ATM account were made, but LE was unable to trace the person or persons responsible.

Now 28 years later, Sandee is still missing.

The primary suspect in her disappearance is Larry Gene Bell. Miss Cornett had met him once at a birthday party held at her house for a friend. Bell, after being arrested and charged with two other murders in 1985, hinted to officials that he knew something about Sandee's disappearance, and that he could tell them where her body was, but attempts to locate her were unsuccessfull.

Source:

The Times-News - Google News Archive Search

LINK:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...y8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6713,4940277

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...y8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6713,4940277

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...V2ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4497,523092

I can't find her listed on any missing person sites. No luck finding a picture for her either.

Another article about Bell that mentions Sandee.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TjAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4682,389871

More stories about Sandee Elaine Cornett
(still no pictures. Frustrating!)
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KUhOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=shMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7078,334428
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3-MyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rhMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5606,9953521
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ueweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3286,5225127

Link between Bell and Sandee investigated:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gl4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6590,377085

Reward offered:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q8UsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1763,236343

Article about Bell's excecution. Says that he'd "teased" investigators with the possible location of her body, even drawing a map, but she wasn't found.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...SlQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1730,817390

Sandee's Find a Grave Memorial
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84245118

Richard said:

Sandee Elaine Cornett
Missing 18 November 1984 from Charlotte, NC
Age: 26
Clothing: Dark Blue Jogging Suit

Sandee Elaine Cornett, age 26, disappeared from her Charlotte, NC home on or shortly after 18 November 1984, when she was last seen by her fiance.

When she failed to answer his phone calls to her, the fiance called a neighbor who had a key to her house. The neighbor entered her house and found it in order, and without any sign of struggle or break-in.

Missing from her house were a dictating (Phone answering) machine, an ATM card, and a dark blue jogging suit. Sandee was known to wear the jogging suit around the house.

Left behind and dumped on Sandee's bed were the contents of her brown purse (lying on the bed empty), her house keys, her checkbook, and driver's license. The television was still on.

Following Sandee's sudden disappearance, attempts to withdraw money from her ATM account were made, but LE was unable to trace the person or persons responsible.

Now 28 years later, Sandee is still missing.

The primary suspect in her disappearance is Larry Gene Bell. Miss Cornett had met him once at a birthday party held at her house for a friend. Bell, after being arrested and charged with two other murders in 1985, hinted to officials that he knew something about Sandee's disappearance, and that he could tell them where her body was, but attempts to locate her were unsuccessfull.

Source:

The Times-News - Google News Archive Search

LINK:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...y8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6713,4940277

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I wasn't aware that ATM cards were around back then! If I remember correctly, back then it was a bankbook that you took to bank and they'd stamp your balance after your transaction..and then a few years later statement accounts were available where you kept your own balances when you made deposits or withdrawals with slips! I don't think ATM cards came out until the 90's! My opinion & thoughts only

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Wow, I guess ATM cards have been around alot longer than I thought! 1969! Wow! ATM cards weren't available where I'm from until the late 80's! But I live in the middle of nowhere so that could explain why

my opinion and thoughts only

Demographics
Missing Age26 Years
Current Age61 Years
First NameSandee
Middle NameElaine
Last NameCornett
Nickname/AliasSandee

SexFemale
Height5' 7" - 5' 8" (67 - 68 Inches)
Weight120 - 130 lbs
Race / EthnicityWhite / Caucasian

Circumstances
Date of Last ContactNovember 18, 1984
NamUs Case CreatedDecember 20, 2010
Last Known Location Map
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina 28212
CountyMecklenburg County

Circumstances of DisappearanceSandee Cornett was last seen on 11/18/1984 at 6:30 p.m. after she had dinner at her house with her fiance. After dinner, her fiance drove back to his home in SC and called Sandee later that evening but there was no answer. Sandee did not go to work the next day and she was reported missing by her neighbor.
Physical Description
Hair ColorBrown
Head Hair DescriptionLong brown Hair
Body Hair Description--
Facial Hair Description--
Left Eye ColorGreen
Right Eye ColorGreen
Eye Description--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Scar/mark
Small brown birth mark between her shoulder blades. Small surgical scar on back of right thigh.

Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing
Dark Blue Velour Jogging Suit

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Found a photograph of Sandee on newspapers.com



There's also a few articles about her here's one of the first ones.

The Charlotte Observer 21 Nov 1984, Wed Page 1

Their was a tremendous amount of press coverage on this case. Have never seen this many news articles on an MP case .. WOW!

Bump

Sandee's case was just added to the Charley Project.

Sandee Elaine Cornett​

• Missing Since 11/18/1984
• Missing From Charlotte, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Age 26 years ikd
• Height and Weigh t5'7 - 5'8, 120 - 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark blue velour jogging suit.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Cornett has a small surgical scar on the back of her right thigh and a small brown birthmark on her back between her shoulder blades.

Details of Disappearance​

Cornett was last seen in Charlotte, North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. on November 18, 1984. That evening she had dinner with her fiance at her house in the 8900 block of Eaglewind Drive. Afterwards, he drove back to his own home in South Carolina. He tried to call her when he got there, but she didn't answer. She has never been heard from again.
There were no signs of a struggle at her residence and her car was parked in the driveway. The only thing that appeared out of place was her purse, the contents of which had been dumped on the bed. The only items missing from the home were the clothes Cornett had been wearing that day, a dictating machine she used for work, and the ATM card from her wallet. The wallet itself and its other cards had been left behind.
In the weeks following Cornett's disappearance, the card was used by a man and a woman three times to withdraw a total of about $1,000 in cash from Cornett's account using ATM machines in east Charlotte. The woman people saw use the card matched Cornett's physical description. It's unclear whether either of these people were ever identified.
The serial killer Larry Gene Bell knew Cornett and is the prime suspect in her disappearance. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. At the time of her disappearance, he was staying intermittently at a residence on Will Hill Road, about four miles from Cornett's home. He had also allegedly stolen an ATM card from a woman he had dated, and withdrew $700 from her account.
Bell was found guilty of the murders of two young women from South Carolina in 1985 and sentenced to death. He maintained his innocence in Cornett's case and was never formally charged in connection with her disappearance. He is also the prime suspect in several other young women's disappearances and presumed murders in North Carolina, including that of Denise Porch, who went missing in 1975.
Bell was executed in 1996, although his lawyers attempted to reverse his death sentence by claiming he was mentally ill and believed he was Jesus Christ.
Cornett grew up in Millers Creek, North Carolina and got an associate's degree in secretarial science from Wilkes Community College. At the time of her disappearance, she worked as an insurance claims adjuster at the Gay and Taylor company, as well as a part-time model for Charlotte Merchandise Mart. She was close to her family and called her parents at least once a week. Her wedding was set for April 20, 1986, five months after her disappearance.
Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.

Investigating Agency​

• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department 704-336-4978

Source Information​

• NamUs
• The Charlotte Observer

Missing for 39 years...

Sandra Elaine “Sandee” Cornett, age 26, missing since 18 November 1984​