NC - Erica Lynn Parsons, 15 -- Timeline and Media Thread **NO DISCUSSION**

[bessie]

Online supporters of Erica Parsons create online event

Salisbury Post -- Shavonne Potts
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:45 p.m.
The girl’s biological mother, Carolyn Parsons, created an event via social networking site, Facebook, with the intent of having a rally this morning.
Carolyn was unable to have the event because she did not apply for a permit in time, Salisbury Police officials said Friday.

Parsons schedule hearing with DSS for Thursday

Posted: 4:02 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013
WSOC-TV
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. —
This week the adoptive parents of a missing Rowan County teen will be back at the courthouse fighting to regain custody of their youngest children.

 

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Exclusive: Casey Parsons opens up about missing teen

Posted: Sep 23, 2013 7:07 PM CST Updated: Sep 23, 2013 9:49 PM CST
SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) - Erica Parson's adoptive mother, Casey spoke with WBTV on television for the first time in over a month. Parsons invited WBTV's David Spunt into her Salisbury home to talk about Erica, the investigation, and what she thinks happened to the teen.

Video and article at the link

 

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Erica Parsons' adoptive mother blames birth mom for disappearance

Posted: Sep 24, 2013 2:33 PM CST Updated: Sep 24, 2013 7:49 PM CST
By David Spunt SALISBURY, NC (WBTV)

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The teen's adoptive mother, Casey, came out swinging in an exclusive interview with WBTV's David Spunt.
She's now alleging that Erica's biological mother Carolyn Parsons may have something to do with the teen's disappearance.
"Carolyn is the key," she said.

"You need to be a mommy and not a psycho. I do not know "Nan." I do not know Irene. They are made up names out of Casey and Sandy parsons' mouth," Carolyn said.

Adoptive mother of Erica Parsons tells about investigation, missing teen

Posted: 8:21 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013

"We look for her every day. Still try to figure out who the woman that called herself Nan is. We look every single day, " said Casey.

 

[bessie]

Parsons give fingerprints, speak with investigators

Karissa Minn
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2013 6:11 a.m.

SALISBURY —After a brief court appearance Thursday, Casey and Sandy Parsons met with the FBI and local investigators, the couple’s attorney said.
They also had their fingerprints taken.

Parsonses plan to fight eviction notice

by Tony Burbeck / NBC Charlotte
Posted on September 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM - Updated yesterday at 6:08 PM
Casey and Sandy Parsons are due in court October 7th for a hearing about the eviction. Sandy's father, William Parsons, alleges Casey and Sandy owe thousands of dollars in back rent, plus money for items removed from the house.

Woman hired Casey Parsons as surrogate: She put us through 'pure hell'

Posted: Sep 27, 2013 4:28 PM CST Updated: Sep 28, 2013 7:41 AM CST

It turns out, Casey Parsons did not have a miscarriage with Miller's unborn son. Miller said she tried for 5 months to find Casey, and it wasn't easy.
"She changed her phone number. She changed her email. She told me I needed to get a life. I had no business having a child."

continued with video at the link

 

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Police logs shed new light on day Erica Parsons was reported missing

Posted: 5:21 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013
By Natalie Pasquarella

Some of the calls regard domestic disputes but the first day that caught Channel 9's interest was July 29. On that night around 11:50 p.m, the report states that a deputy should see Scott Parsons, who is Erica's uncle, in the Salisbury police department lobby about a "kidnapping and homicide."

 

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Officials: Fire at Parsons home may not be accidental

by TONY BURBECK / NBC Charlotte
Posted on October 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM Updated yesterday at 10:03 AM

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Investigators say a fire that damaged part of missing Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons’ family home might not be accidental. They now plan to test fire debris to help determine the official cause.

 

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Parsons attorney calls arson allegations 'absurd'

Posted: 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013
By Kathryn Burcham

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. —
The attorney for the family of missing Rowan County teen Erica Parsons calls allegations his clients set fire to their own home “absurd.”

The lawyer told Channel 9 Casey and Sandy Parsons have not been interviewed by any investigators since the flames first broke out in the kitchen of their abandoned Salisbury home last week.

 

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Parents of Erica Parsons get $25K bond, attorneys after fraud arrest
Posted: Jul 30, 2014 8:48 AM CST Updated: Jul 30, 2014 3:13 PM CST
By Chris Dyches

Adoptive parents of missing Erica Parsons arrested on fraud charges
Posted 9:54 am, July 30, 2014, by Andrea Cavallier, Updated at 01:33pm, July 30, 2014

The indictment alleges that from February 2010 to August 2013, Sandy Parsons, 40, and Casey Parsons, 39, committed tax fraud, mail fraud, theft of government funds, identity theft and engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the government.

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Rowan sheriff: New leads still coming in Erica Parsons case
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Steve Lyttle
Posted: Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2014

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The sheriff’s office had scheduled a news briefing on the case for Tuesday afternoon but abruptly canceled the event Tuesday morning. Instead, Sheriff Kevin Auten released a series of answers to written media questions.

When asked why the Sheriff’s Office canceled, Capt. John Sifford, a spokesman, replied: “At present, we had to cancel due to reasons which are in the best interest of the ongoing investigation.”

“Our detectives and FBI agents followed a lead within the last several days,” he said in a statement. He wouldn’t give details about the lead.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...w-leads-still.html#.U9lVhGMmWSo#storylink=cpy

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Rowan Co. Sheriff: ‘Progress being made in Erica Parsons’ case
Updated: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | Posted: 6:31 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014

But Eyewitness News asked Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten what evidence led detectives to make that statement to Erica's family.

Investigators said, "The Sheriff's Office has no confirmed information that Erica is deceased and we cannot respond to claims about the investigation. The physical evidence has been processed by the FBI's lab and we cannot disclose the results to protect our ongoing investigation."

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Auten also said his office has not arrested Casey or Sandy Parsons because he deals with facts and evidence, not speculation.

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"There is a new law in North Carolina about how much time you have to report a child missing, but it did not go into effect until December 2013," Auten said.

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The Indictment

TIMELINE: Erica Parsons case

SEARCH for Erica Parsons <<--Feature section from WSOCTV online

FBI -- Erica Parsons

 

[bessie]

Investigators increase reward in Erica Parsons case
Posted: Jul 30, 2014 3:11 PM CST Updated: Jul 30, 2014 3:11 PM CST
By Chris Dyches

SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) -

A year after a Rowan County teenager was reported missing by her brother, investigators say the reward for information has been increased.

Wednesday afternoon the Rowan County Sheriff's Office announced that the reward has been bumped to $50,000 combined from three different agencies.

 

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http://www.wbtv.com/story/29979552/...with-trained-dogs-to-search-for-erica-parsons
Concerned residents bring in man with trained dogs to search for Erica Parsons
Posted: Sep 08, 2015 9:46 AM EDT Updated: Sep 08, 2015 2:36 PM EDT

By David Whisenant

SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) -
Two local residents who are concerned about missing Rowan County teenager Erica Parsons have called in a man from Illinois who is known for searching for missing persons.

Shannon Moss and Wanda Rogers decided to take the unusual step of contacting K-9 Specialties after reading about the success the owner and his dogs had in finding missing children.

 

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Remains of Erica Parsons discovered five years after she disappeared
by: DaShawn Brown, Alexa Ashwell, Blake Hanson
Updated: Sep 30, 2016 - 5:33 PM

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. - Authorities confirmed to Channel 9 that the skeletal remains of Erica Parsons were discovered Tuesday in Chesterfield County.

The property is off Moore Road near Pageland, South Carolina, and believed to belong to a family member of Sandy Parsons.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/bo...ed-five-years-after-she-disappeared/451930197

 

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Sheriff Brooks said the cadaver dog alerted on the area Sandy Parsons had shown them.


&#8220;The forensic team was here from FBI, SBI and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and started excavating the site and about an hour later found the first piece of evidence,&#8221; Brooks said

http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/0...sons-led-investigators-erica-parsons-remains/

Brooks said Sandy Parsons, under the watchful eye of prison guards, pointed to a shallow grave in a heavily wooded area off Blair Hendrix Road, in between the towns of Pageland and Mount Croghan.

http://wncn.com/2016/10/01/sheriff-...doptive-father-led-investigators-to-her-body/

Here is the complete press release:


In July 2013, the Rowan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office began investigating a missing person case involving Erica Lynn Parsons who would have been 15 years of age in 2013. During the course of this investigation it was determined that Erica had been missing since late 2011 when she was 13 years old. The FBI and the SBI joined the Rowan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and the Rowan County Department of Social Services in this investigation. Through the course of the investigation, the adopted parents of Erica Parsons were charged with Federal fraud charges related to Erica&#8217;s disappearance and were later sentenced to active sentences in Federal Prison. The investigation into the disappearance of Erica Parsons continued, and remained active with numerous leads followed through out North Carolina and other States, to include South Carolina and California. The FBI and the SBI and other agencies assisted in many ways with the leads and the investigation.


In August of 2016, investigators with the Rowan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and the FBI obtained additional leads that confirmed that Erica was more than likely deceased. As a result of this investigation on September 27, 2016, Rowan County detectives assisted by Special Agents with the FBI and the SBI recovered the skeletal human remains of a young girl outside of Rowan County. These remains were transported to the North Carolina Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office and were identified as the remains of Erica Lynn Parsons. The family of Erica Parsons was notified about the recovery of Erica&#8217;s body. The investigation continues. Lt. C. Moose will retain the details of the investigation until the investigation is concluded, and the Rowan County District Attorney&#8217;s Office can completely review this very lengthy investigation.


No further information will be released at this time. Information related to the investigation can be relayed to Lt. C. Moose at (704) 216-8687.

http://www.independenttribune.com/n...cle_c9d4f9c2-86ae-11e6-8f29-cbe0272632f4.html