UPDATED: Search For Missing GA Woman Extends To Tennessee
Authorities searching for a missing north Georgia woman began interviewing 180 sex offenders in nearby Tennessee as the case extended into a seventh day. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says investigators on the Kristi Cornwell case were talking to sex offenders in counties closest to the Georgia-Tennessee border on Tuesday. Road checks and neighborhood canvassing in Blairsville continued.
Published: August 18, 2009
Updated: August 19, 2009
BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities searching for a missing north Georgia woman began interviewing 180 sex offenders in nearby Tennessee as the case extended into a seventh day.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says investigators on the Kristi Cornwell case were talking to sex offenders in counties closest to the Georgia-Tennessee border on Tuesday. Road checks and neighborhood canvassing in Blairsville continued.
Police say 38-year-old Cornwell was abducted Aug. 11. Her boyfriend told her she believed a car was following her and he said he called police when he heard her struggle on her cell phone.
Cornwell last worked as a state probation officer in 2002. She also worked at the state prison in Blairsvile and the Towns County Sheriff’s Office.
She is the mother of a 15-year-old son.
the FBI has now also joined the investigation.
To view the website set up regarding Cornwell, click here.
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