Several agencies search woods for Kings Mountain woman missing since 2021

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Several agencies are still searching for a woman who disappeared back in 2021.

On Friday, the Kings Mountain Police Department started actively searching for Angela Jamarica Burris. She was 36 years old when she was reported missing on April 28, 2021.

Burris was last seen on April 19, 2021 while getting into a black car near her home on Lake Montonia Road in Kings Mountain.

The search Friday began at 8 a.m. and was expected to take several hours. Crews focused their attention on a wooded area in Gaston County neat Mountain Crest Drive.

It’s not clear yet why the search was planned for Friday, but Chief Gerald Childress said additional leads brought them to the 20-acre search area.

Police held a news conference, where Childress stressed Burris is still considered a missing person.

Police said Friday’s search involved nearly 50 people and nine cadaver dogs. But since the beginning of the investigation, investigators have never said much about the possibility of foul play.

“Although it’s been over three years since Angela Burris was last seen, we have not given up on finding her and bringing closure to her family,” the Kings Mountain Police Department said in a statement.

Anyone with information can call Kings Mountain police at 704-734-0444 or Cleveland County Crime Stoppers at 704-481-TIPS.

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