Presumed Located Nc - Dorothy Wolfe, 85, Gaston County, May 2018

[doodles1211]

"According to police, 85-year-old Dorothy Marie Wolfe was last seen at her home on Summit Avenue in Mount Holly.
Investigators said she may be heading to West Virginia in a black 2011 Toyota Corolla with West Virginia license plate A450799. Wolfe is described as a white female, approximately 5-foot-6 with blue eyes and short gray hair."
Silver Alert issued for missing Mount Holly woman
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Silver Alert issued for missing endangered Gaston County woman

**Unable to locate pic of MP or date last seen**

 

[dms]

West Virginia license plate A450799

...that does not look like a WV plate number to me. License plates here have six characters unless they're vanity plates -- which I guess this could be -- and I can't remember the last time I saw one beginning with "A".

 

[doodles1211]

...that does not look like a WV plate number to me. License plates here have six characters unless they're vanity plates -- which I guess this could be -- and I can't remember the last time I saw one beginning with "A".

I was looking at both states NC and WV. It doesn't look like either of them really. It appears that both states have quite a collection of plates it could be though. NC especially has an abundance of specialty plates. How do the handicap plates appear? Could it be one of those?

 

[dms]

How do the handicap plates appear? Could it be one of those?

I don't think so. I haven't had a chance to look it up, but IIRC a handicap plate in WV will just have an embossed handicapped symbol.

 

[dms]

This site confirms what I thought, which is that normal WV plates begin with a character representing the month the plate is issued -- 1-9 for January through September, O-N-D for October-November-December.

License Plate Information Site

There are a few special plates that begin with the letter A, but not just A (that I've seen so far); you can get ABN-123 for an 82nd Airborne-themed plate, for instance. And in general they're all six characters or less unless you request a vanity plate.

Not really sure if this matters -- it just stuck out to me.

 

[Darling136]

Silver alert cancelled, presume resolved
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