Missing North Carolina Mom and Daughter Vanished Last Week

The Wilmington North Carolina Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing mother-daughter duo last seen on June 26.

Amanda Lynn Roberts, 36, and her daughter, Brenna Dawn Shoff, 2, were last spotted that day near the 5000 block of Market Street, near the Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites.

Roberts could be carrying a hard-sided rolling suitcase with a paint splash design, a cheetah-print diaper bag, and a car seat, police say.

Roberts is described as being 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 115 pounds with green eyes with brown hair. Police list Shoff as 3 feet tall, weighing 30 pounds, and having curly blonde hair with hazel eyes.

Police provided the public with two photos for reference: One of Roberts holding a coffee cup and smiling with Shoff beside her, also smiling, and another of Shoff looking into the camera, wearing a Minnie Mouse shirt.

Anyone with information about the pair’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Wilmington Police Department at 910-343-3609.

About 30 minutes from Wilmington in Delco, North Carolina, a mother of a missing pregnant woman, Shanna Perry, 34, is pleading for the public’s help in finding her daughter. She was last seen by her boyfriend, Lance Sandlin Jr., at a house on Delco Prosper Road in Columbus County on April 26.

“I just want her back so she can be buried properly,” Shanna’s mom, Tracy Perry, told WECT on June 5. “I just want anybody out there to please, I’m begging with everything I’ve got, to please come forward and tell me where she’s at.”

Tracy Perry told the outlet Shanna was allegedly in an abusive relationship and fears she could’ve been killed. Shanna was five months pregnant when she was last seen and Tracy is caring for her 18-month-old child.

She described Shanna as trying to turn her life around after she was arrested in September for allegedly pointing a guy at Sandlin, her toddler’s father, during a fight.

“All I do ask is that everybody continues giving their prayers because prayers are going to be more than anything,” Tracy said. “They’re going to bring the truth out and I believe that from my heart.”

Meanwhile, in Florida, authorities are searching for 3-year-old Shea Eminhizer who was last seen June 24 in South Miami.

Eminhizer could be with the child’s mother, Christine Betancourt, who a police dispatcher said “should be considered armed and dangerous.”

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