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Authorities Seek Missing Person
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating a missing person.
Laurie Marie Sheppa, age 49, walked away from her residence on Goldmine Drive in Cumming on Thursday, August 19. She was seen around 11 a.m.
When last seen she was wearing an unknown color t-shirt, shorts and brown leather sandals.
Ms. Sheppa is dependent on regular medication and her health may be in jeopardy if she is not located.
Anyone with information on Ms. Sheppa’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact Investigator Michael Garrison at the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, (678) 513-5986. After hours call (770) 781-2222.Person of Interest Sought
On Monday evening, August 17, about 9:25 p.m., this person drove a silver-colored car into the parking lot at the Ingles grocery store on Hwy. 306 at Freedom Parkway. She parked beside a black car. After she parked and entered the store, a male exited from the rear seat of the silver car and stole a GPS unit from the dash of the black car. A short time later the person in the photo exited the store, got back her car and drove away.
Anyone with any information as to this person’s identity is encouraged to call Investigator Deidre Lotspeich with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office at (678) 513-5862. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call our Crime Stoppers number at (770) 888-7308.
Teenager Dies in Early Morning Accident
A 17-year-old Forsyth County girl was found dead this morning behind the wheel of her 1995 Camaro in a wooded area off of Old Atlanta Road in South Forsyth County.Diana Rebecca Lora of Timberlake Drive in Cumming was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in her vehicle, Silbester Grimaldo-Tovar, 30, of Castleberry Road in Cumming, was ejected from the vehicle and was found lying near the vehicle in the wooded area.
A passerby saw the vehicle through the wood line of pine trees this morning on Old Atlanta Road near Ivy Falls Drive around 7:03 a.m. and called 911. When the passerby excited his vehicle, he heard Grimaldo-Tovar calling out for help.
According to Sgt. Chris Shelton, Lora and Grimaldo-Tovar were both employed by Chepe’s Mexican Grill on Peachtree Parkway. Lora was a hostess at the restaurant and Grimaldo-Tovar was a prep cook. Both had worked at the restaurant last night and left around midnight, according to restaurant management.
Sgt. Shelton said it is believed that the accident occurred sometime soon after the two left the restaurant. Lora apparently was driving at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle causing it to run off the roadway into a wooded area, Sgt. Shelton said. “The car was concealed from the road by pine trees,” he added, until this morning when the passerby noticed the Camaro through the trees.
Grimaldo-Tovar was transported to North Fulton Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Sgt. Shelton said there were strong indications that alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident and that the investigation is continuing.
Lora was a student at Forsyth Academy.
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