Missing
Britney Janae Wright
Wright, approximately 2007
Date and time person was reported missing : 07/22/2007
Missing location (approx) :
Vernon, Florida
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 02/28/1988 (33)
Age at the time of disappearance: 19 years old
Height / Weight : 5'0 - 5'1, 100 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A t-shirt and pajama shorts.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Wright's hair was dyed black at the time of her disappearance. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Wright was last seen outside her home on Country Road in Vernon, Florida at 11:30 p.m. on July 22, 2007. She asked to borrow her mother's cellular phone. At approximately 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., a cousin who was spending the night at the house noticed Wright's bed was empty.
Between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m., Wright made several calls on her mother's phone; one conversation with a friend lasted twenty minutes. These phone calls were the last contact with her; she has never been heard from again.
Wright did not own a car at the time of her disappearance, and she left behind her purse, clothes, shoes, identification, cellular phone and other belongings. There were some reported sightings of her after her disappearance. She has relatives in the Ozark, Alabama area, but there is no indication that she traveled there. She is a 2005 graduate of Vernon High School, and is described as an intelligent and responsible young adult.
Foul play is not suspected in her case, but it remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Washington County Sheriff's Office
850-638-6115
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WMBB TV
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
The Panama City News Herald
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