Police: Witnesses not truthful in disappearance of teacher Bianca Tanner, case upgraded to homicide
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police upgraded their search for a missing teacher to a homicide investigation Thursday, saying they don’t believe some witnesses are telling the truth about what happened to Bianca Tanner.
On Thursday, officers searched homes, a car and a creek near uptown Charlotte in an attempt to find Tanner, 31, who was reported missing Sunday afternoon. Investigators have expanded the search as far as Virginia and have enlisted the help of police in Greensboro, where Tanner lived before moving to Charlotte last month.
Police have not named a suspect in Tanner’s disappearance, but /Charlotte police Chief Rodney Monroe said there are inconsistencies in witness statements.
“Some of those we have interviewed, we do not believe they have been forthcoming with us,” Monroe said in an afternoon press conference. “We just don’t feel that this is a simple missing persons case.”
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Smith, who reported her missing, has faced several criminal charges in the past decade. All were dismissed.
Christopher Hamilton of Greensboro told the Observer that he dated Tanner last year. She accused him of stalking and trespassing in January. Those charges are pending.
In March, Tanner took out a temporary restraining order against Hamilton, writing: “He has repeatedly called my job; threatened me to damage my car. He threw a bottle at my residence balcony window.”
Richardson said her sister got the restraining order because Hamilton “had been aggressively pursuing her, sending her all types of messages, after she tried to distance herself from him.”
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