Missing from: Wilmington, North Carolina
Missing: September 20, 2000
Age of disappearance: 42
Weight: 120
Height: 5’6″
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: African-American Female. Pamela has a surgical scar on her left breast. Her molars have been removed.
Details of Disappearance: Pamela was last seen in the later part of the day on September 20, 2000. Her daughter dropped her off at her residence on Red Cross Street in Wilmington, North Carolina. Later she was seen talking to someone, leaning into the passenger side of a blue Cadillac-style vehicle with a white top, that was idling in the middle of the street. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.
Investigative Agency: Wilmington Police Department at (910) 343-3600 or (910) 343-3645
If you have any information on this case, please contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.
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By Ana Ribeiro
Ana.Ribeiro@StarNewsOnline.com
Published: Monday, April 19, 2010 at 3:06 p.m.
Ten years have passed since Pamela Bradshaw disappeared from Wilmington.
Now her only child is back in town handing out fliers and meeting with the investigators on the case.
Allder’s intuition told her she should come to Wilmington, and on Monday she was here to talk to people who knew her mother and to detectives, to give out fliers and try to draw attention back to her case. Her mother, Pamela Bradshaw, has been missing since September 2000, and information is scarce.
“I just felt like she was there, like I needed to come down no matter how long I was going to stay and try to get some help,” said Allder, a 34-year-old mother of two. She said she doesn’t believe Bradshaw is alive, and is looking for closure.
What the CUE Center for Missing Persons has heard is that Bradshaw was last seen near Red Cross Street, leaning into the passenger side of a blue Cadillac-style vehicle with a white top. Bradshaw was 41 when she disappeared.
The Wilmington-based victim advocacy center and its founder, Monica Caison, have worked to keep the case alive. A case like this is especially tough for those affected this time of year, with Mothers’ Day approaching, Caison said.
Allder says it’s bizarre to look at the billboards of missing persons and realize it’s happened to her family.
On Monday, she clutched a flyer with her mother’s picture as she spoke to cameras in the parking lot of a Wilmington hotel. As tears overpowered Allder, Caison came to her side and gently asked if she’d like to take a break.
The break didn’t last. A reporter with a notepad followed Allder as she sat down, and asked what her mother was like.
She said that growing up, she kept going back and forth between her mother and grandmother, as Bradshaw’s drug addiction “overpowered her being a mother.” But Allder says she always saw the good in her mother.
“She was great,” Allder said. “If she had 50 cents, she was going to give you a quarter. … She was outgoing, she was fun, caring, loving. …Not a mean bone in her body.”
The last time Allder saw her mother was when she drove her home to Seventh and Red Cross streets on Sept. 20, 2000, after Bradshaw had spent time with her grandchild. Following her mother’s disappearance, Allder moved away but has been back to Wilmington several times since, hoping to find some answers.
Bradshaw is described as black, 5’9″, 110 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. She has a surgical scar on her left breast, her molars have been removed and she is HIV-positive, according to the CUE Center’s Web site. Bradshaw may use the alias Denise Williams.
Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to call Wilmington police at 343-3600. In case of a sighting, the best bet is to call 911, police say.