Family holds out hope for missing brother

Terry Lee Brown

Salisbury Post - MD, USA

Family holds out hope for missing brother

Sunday, January 15, 2012
By Nathan Hardin

For more than 11 years, Robert Brown has been searching for his brother.

As holidays, birthdays and Veterans Days roll by, Brown said he and other relatives are still holding out hope that Terry Lee Brown will find his way back home.

On Oct. 7, 2000, another brother dropped off Terry Brown at his home on Hillsboro Street.

It was mid-afternoon and Terry had finished doing repair work on a local church with two of his brothers.

He was last seen walking to his front door.

Terry’s disappearance has baffled authorities over the last decade.

One Salisbury officer said Terry “seemed to vanish.”

According to the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, nearly 10,000 people are reported missing in North Carolina each year.

Local officers say most Rowan County missing persons are found quickly and some may go unreported if officers find them before the reports are finished.

In 2011, local law enforcement agencies reported 74 missing person reports were filed.

Out of those, officers said, three are still open. Those cases are believed to be related to family disputes in which the people reported missing left on their own.

‘A hurting feeling’

Although he wore glasses, Terry didn’t have them with him when he disappeared. (more...)