Veronica, 48, was last seen the morning of April 6, 2017 on the Harrogate campus of Lincoln Memorial University, where she was working towards a degree in social work. During the week, Veronica lived on campus in a dorm, took classes and was part of a work study program. On weekends, she'd drive the roughly one and a half hours to her and her husband's Cosby home.
Veronica had spent that Thursday morning working her shift in the library from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. She was spotted leaving campus around noon in her 2010 white Toyota Corolla, presumably to run some errands and get gas. The last purchase on her debit card was at a gas station just off campus.
When family and friends couldn't get a hold of her later that day, it wasn't unusual. Veronica had a paper to finish, her husband, Steve, said. A storm had also moved into the area, giving him issues with his cell phone. Not getting a call from her that night didn't set him into a panic.
But the next day, she never showed up for a scheduled field trip with her class to a homeless shelter, an event she had been telling several people she was excited to attend. The instructor called Steve, asking if he had heard from his wife. "I said no, that I didn't know where she was. That was alarming because she wouldn't have missed that," Steve told Dateline. "She was never even late to things."
last Tuesday, authorities identified Veronica's vehicle. A turkey hunter reportedly had spotted it several weeks earlier, parked just off Highway 165 in Eagle Gap. It wasn't unusual to see cars parked in that spot, so he didn't sound an alarm.
But when he drove by the same place last Tuesday night, the Corolla was still there. The man's wife had seen the news and recognized the vehicle. They called authorities.
The area is a hot spot for reports of missing hikers. Perhaps, many thought, Veronica headed out alone and got lost. Multiple agencies responded, including K-9 search teams and a helicopter. The search was called off later last week with no solid leads as to Veronica's whereabouts.
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