Acworth, Ga

Sherron Lankester hosted the Acworth Georgia stop (10/5/13 7pm) at the New Hope Baptist Church in honor of her son, Miising Stephen (Steve) Lankester-Cox and Missing Deborah Lee Crawford.

Steve was 38 years old when he went missing from his mother's home in 2004. He had received a phone call and was overheard saying that someone was pulling into the driveway. He told his mother he was going to the store and would be right back. He went off with the unknown driver and was never seen or heard from again. 6 weeks later, one of the boots that he was wearing that night was found in a wooded area nearby. Authorities believe that his disappearance is the result of foul play. Information uncovered has lead law enforcement to believe he was planning a robbery for that evening and that he was killed during that robbery attempt or shortly afterwards.

Sherron is already talking about what she is going to do next November for the 10 year anniversary of his disappearance. When someone goes missing you think you cannot stand one more day, than one more week, or one more month. She's at the point where she's planning the 10 year anniversary over a year in advance. Every time she hosts an event, whether it's some kind of anniversary or vigil, or the RTRT the persons responsible for her son's having gone missing try to intimidate her. This time she arrived with a bandaged leg from a cut she sustained after falling in her home. You see, someone took Steve's memorial rock and threw it through her front window. She fell while cleaning up the broken glass.

Deborah Lee Crawford, 42, was last seen on August 19, 2013. She may have been dropped off at a KMart and she may have been picked up from there by a male. The reason I'm writing it this way is that the woman who supposedly dropped her off has changed her story so many times that she was arrested for obstruction of justice. While the police sort through her case the family struggles for answers.

Deborah has only been missing for 6 weeks, and it's been a CUE case less than a month. When trying to find information online all I found in the press were short blurbs. There doesn't seem to be any interest in her story. I just can't  understand that, someone may have seen her. If you cannot get the information out you will never know. It needs publicity, now, while memories are still fresh. To compound the difficulties her family is in Ohio. They came in for the stop, glad to be added on at the last minute and thankful to the Lankester family for including them.

As we arrived at the church they were all out in the street distributing flyers to the passing motorists. Her son, Floyd, who looked to me to be late teens to early twenties is the only one in the area. He was so excited to see us, actually, the whole family was. They want a search. I don't think there has been one yet, and they are willing to do whatever is necessary. They asked many good questions, and listened intently to the answers, soaking up all the knowledge that they could in the short time that we were there. As we leave I know that they're going to need a lot of help and I know CUE will do all that they can.

Elisa