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Mother of missing Campbell Co. woman looks for closure two years after her disappearance
It was June 2, 2012. Wendy Beadles Francis, 35, checked in with her mom just like she always did to tell her she was fishing at a boat ramp in Brookneal.
Snead said her daughter was very trusting and it was a trait that had her daughter hanging out with the wrong crowd...
"When you have that first gut feeling that's the one you go with, said Snead. My gut feeling is someone has harmed her."
Article from 2012:
http://www.sovanow.com/index.php?/news/article/fear_of_foul_play_grows_in_disappearance/
We have no concrete evidence to lead us to believe there may have been foul play, said Clark, but neither do we have any evidence that there hasnt been. I just dont know what to think.
Tracking down her acquaintances and retracing her possible moves, investigators learned that Francis has friends in Brookneal and may have stayed there a few days. However, those same friends have been unable to shed any light on Francis disappearance. One of her friends whom she often spoke with daily hasnt heard from her, either, said Clark.
Article from last year:
http://www.wset.com/story/20995481/father-hopes-new-clues-can-help-officials-find-missing-daughter
Now Kenneth Beadles waits with Wendy's mother in a gas station parking lot in Halifax County. He says they're there to meet an investigator to have their cheeks swabbed for DNA.
That testing comes just one day after authorities searched a home on Phelps Creek Road in Brookneal. They brought in a dive team to look in a nearby pond and dogs to sniff around the 20 wooded acres next door...
Campbell County investigators say they did in fact collect evidence in this case. Right now, they're waiting to hear from the crime lab. They won't say what was found, and the search warrant that says what they came here looking for is sealed.
So whatever became of that evidence?
FB missing page: https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindWendyDawnBeadlesFrancis