MISSING PERSON
CASE #: 2001-43
MISSING PERSON CASE #: 2001-43
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April Gay Brown

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Missing From:

Mooringsport, Louisiana

Summary:

April Gay Brown, a 39-year-old white female, disappeared from her residence in Mooringsport, Louisiana on July 6, 2001. She left her home at approximately 9:30 p.m. with an unidentified white male driving a dark-colored early 1990s Chevrolet Cavalier and has never been seen or heard from again. Her case remains unsolved.

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April Gay Brown was last seen at her residence in Mooringsport, Louisiana on July 6, 2001. According to family members, she left at approximately 9:30 p.m. with an unidentified White male who was driving a dark-colored, early 1990s model Chevrolet Cavalier. The man is described as approximately 35 years old, about 6'1" tall, with brown hair over his ears and long sideburns. Brown left behind her two sons and has never been heard from again.

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After her disappearance, investigators received several tips that she had been murdered, but none of these have been confirmed. In July 2005, authorities began searching a well in McLeod, Texas for Brown's remains after a man claimed to have seen a skeleton in there. Nothing was found, however, and the man who reported this was subsequently arrested and charged with criminal mischief for providing investigators with the false information. Brown's case remains unsolved. At the time of her disappearance, she was separated from her husband and raising her two sons alone. She had pierced ears. The case has been listed on The Charley Project and the Caddo-Shreveport Crime Stoppers cold case database.

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July 2005

Authorities began searching a well in McLeod, Texas for Brown's remains after receiving a tip. Nothing was found; the tipster was later arrested for criminal mischief.


Friday, July 06, 2001 9:30pm

April Gay Brown left her residence in Mooringsport, Louisiana with an unidentified white male driving a dark-colored, early 1990s Chevrolet Cavalier. This was the last known sighting of her.


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