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Remains Found In Concord Identified As Woman Missing Since 2012

Concord Police Department

Concord Police said Thursday that skeletal remains found in a wooded area near the intersection of Davidson Highway and Winecoff School Road are Crystal Dawn Morrison, who has been missing since 2012.

Morrison was identified by dental records. No cause of death was released.

A survey crew working in the area Dec. 9, 2019, found Morrison’s remains and alerted Concord Police.

Morrison was 31 when she was reported missing Aug. 24, 2012 by her family. Friends said Morrison left work early Aug. 23, 2012 because she wasn’t feeling well. She stopped at a Shell gas station and waited for a ride. When her ride arrived, Morrison wasn’t there. No one heard from her again.

A memorial mass for Morrison is scheduled for Jan. 20 at St. Anne Catholic Church in Rock Hill, South Carolina, at 3 p.m.

The investigation into Morrison’s disappearance and death is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call 704-920-5000 or contact Cabarrus County Crime Stoppers at 704-93-CRIME.

Jodie Valade has been a Digital News and Engagement Editor for WFAE since 2019. Since moving to Charlotte in 2015, she has worked as a digital content producer for NASCAR.com and a freelance writer for publications ranging from Charlotte magazine to The Athletic to The Washington Post and New York Times. Before that, Jodie was an award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She also worked at The Dallas Morning News covering the Dallas Mavericks — where she became Mark Cuban's lifelong email pen pal — and at The Kansas City Star. She has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Master of Education from John Carroll University. She is originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan.