Missing from: Conway, South Carolina 09/8/99
Missing: September 8, 1999
Age at disappearance: 22
Height: 5’ 3″
Weight: 150
Hair:Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. Tattoo of Wizard with shooting stars on right arm. Scars on legs from playing baseball.
Circumstances of Disappearance: According to her family, Lisa was looking to escape from her abusive marriage to Ricky and moved in with Isley shortly after meeting him. Lisa and Isley resided in his hometown of Conway, South Carolina.
Lisa and Isley were apparently happy together for the next two years. Her parents visited with the couple during the first weekend in September 1999. Isley did not return home during the final night of the vacation; according to Lisa’s mother, her daughter told her Isley was using drugs. Lisa’s parents pleaded with her to return to her family’s residence and she agreed. Isley began calling her on September 8, the day after arriving home with her family. He arrived at her parents’ house and said he rented a nearby hotel room; Isley said he would bring Lisa back the following morning after they discussed their relationship.
Isley drove to the Sea Mist Resort in Cherry Grove Beach, South Carolina instead. The resort is located near Myrtle Beach. Lisa called a friend and asked her to drive out to the hotel, then called her parents at her friend’s suggestion. Lisa told her mother that she would be returning to their home on September 20 after she and Isley finished a home repair project in Cherry Grove Beach. She has never been heard from again.
Isley phoned one of Lisa’s friends on September 12 and claimed that Lisa left the resort in the early morning hours of September 9, three days earlier. Isley said that Lisa took their dog and also took $1,200 from his pockets as he slept. Her friend requested Lisa’s parents’ phone number and said Isley refused, telling the friend she had “no reason for it now.”
Lisa’s disappearance remains unsolved. Authorities consider her case as that of a missing person, as no evidence of foul play has been discovered.
Investigative Agency: County Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit 843-915-8345
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tip line (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.