BLAIRSVILLE - It's now been six months since Kristi Cornwell of Blairsville disappeared - and her mother is now taking her plea for help in finding her and her abductor to YouTube.
Cornwell was last heard from August 11 about 9:00 p.m. while walking on Jones Creek Road in Blairsville.
In December, a sketch and vehicle description was released of a man involved in an incident in Ranger, N.C. (Cherokee County) where a woman was attacked by a man driving a late model Nissan Xterra. Investigators believe that the Ranger incident and Kristi s disappearance could be related.
In January, the Cherokee County, N.C. Sheriff s Office and the Union County, Ga. Sheriff s Office received an anonymous letter from a woman who said the sketch of the Ranger suspect looked like her grandson and that the grandson drove a Nissan Xterra. The letter writer indicated her grandson was in that area of western North Carolina during the time of both incidents.
The Union County Sheriff s Office, The Cherokee County Sheriff s Office and the GBI are pursuing the possible connection of these cases.
A video of Jo Ann Cornwell has now been posted on You Tube. The video or the You Tube link will be posted on the web sites of the Cherokee, N. C. Sheriff s Office, kristicornwell.com and the GBI s web site. All agencies are hoping that the letter writer will come forward so investigators can move forward to either prove or disprove the connection of the grandson to Kristi s disappearance and/or to the assault in Ranger.
The exact contents of the letter have not been released.
Anyone with any possible information on the letter writer or the grandson is asked to contact the GBI at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), the Union County Sheriff s Office at 706-439-6080 or the Cherokee County North Carolina Sheriff s Office at 828-835-4152.
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October 7th, 2024
5:20PM
