On Friday, March 4, 2022, the Chief Medical Examiners Office in Raleigh positively identified the individual that was located in the Cape Fear River in White Oak, NC on February 25, 2022, as Willie Jean Teal (Jeannie).
Willie Jean Teal (Jeannie) was reported missing to Bladen County Communications on Saturday, February 12, 2022
On February 12, 2022, at 1:50 PM Bladen County Communications received a call regarding a missing person. According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, the missing person is known as 68-year-old Willie Jean Teal of 1795 River Road in White Oak, NC. She is a white female with brown hair and brown eyes. Several of Willie Jean Teel’s personal items were found by the Cape Fear River.
It is unknown at this time what type of clothing she was last wearing. The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office and Bladen County Emergency Management searched the area of the Cape Fear River on February 12, 2022. She was entered as a missing person in the national database.
On February 14, 2022, Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, Bladen County Emergency Management, and volunteers returned to 1795 River Road, White Oak, NC conducting a ground search and will continue their search in the coming days.
If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Willie Jean Teal, please contact Bladen County Sheriff’s Office at 910-862-6960.
Update 2-22-2022
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is continuing a land and water search this week for Willie Jean Teal. No other information is known at this time as to her whereabouts.
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