A Weldon mother has been missing for more than three months, and her family has serious concerns about the investigation into her disappearance.
Family and friends of Jewel Sykes said they last heard from her on Feb. 2 at a home on Pinewood Drive in Roanoke Rapids. Family members said the man she was allegedly with at the property should be a person of interest, but police said he hasn't been questioned yet.
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Sykes' family is trying to send the community a message: Help us find our loved one.
"Jewel is missing and she?s in danger," said Sykes' sister, Laquita Taylor. "We know something has happened to Jewel because this is not like Jewel."
"The last time that anyone had talked to her, she was at her significant other's house," Taylor said of Sykes.
Taylor said Sykes was at the Pinewood Drive home on Feb. 2, and called a friend asking for help.
"[There] was an argument that took place between them, and she wanted a ride to leave," Taylor said of her sister. "The person went to try to pick her up and she wasn't there. She never showed up, and no one has heard from her since."
The family believes Sykes' boyfriend should be a person of interest in her disappearance. WRAL News called him and knocked on his door but didn't get an answer.
WRAL News also took the family's concerns about him to Weldon police, the agency leading the investigation. Among the questions asked:
Was he brought in for questioning? Would police consider him a person of interest in Sykes' disappearance?
"He has not been questioned to my knowledge at this time due to some other information that we have received," said Weldon Police Chief Christopher Davis.
Davis said he couldn't go into specifics, but they're following other leads they feel are stronger.
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