On a cold, grey, dreary morning in January 1998, Brittany Locklear was standing outside of her home at the end of the drive way waiting on her school bus. Her mother would stand on the porch and watch her but this particular day she had to run back into the house to use the bathroom. When she returned, Brittany was not there. Her mother assumed that she had gotten on the bus.

Moments later neighbors came beating on the doors screaming that "they" believed that Brittany may have been Kidnapped. Her mother immediately had her father-in-Law take her to the school. Brittany wasn't there. Immediately an Amber alert had been issued and a massive search began to find Brittany.

Neighbors that lived close by ( about 200 yards) seen an unfamiliar brown pickup truck in the area and pass by Brittany's house. In the beginning of the investigation it was reported as being a blue older model truck with a camper, and one without a camper. An exact picture of the truck has yet to be determined.

I lived at the time only seven miles from the Location of Brittany's kidnapping. This was an underdeveloped 14 mile stretch of wooded land mostly leased by deer hunters and Hunt Clubs. It was a very close community even though going next door to see your neighbor was quite a walk. As soon as word got out that Brittany was missing every deer hunter from surrounding counties came to search.

Over the next couple of hours only items of Brittany's were found. Her bookbag had been thrown out of the window at a stop sign. Further down were pieces of her clothing. The Kidnapper appeared to be leading them to Brittany. "Was he trying to draw atttention to himself"? Did he want Brittany to be found in a hurry to read about it or see it on TV"? Unanswered questions just haunt me, grip at me every time I think about it.

Sunrise the next morning the search crew had doubled. Within hours they found Brittany naked in a drainage ditch, she had been raped and drowned.  The police specualated that it happened shortly after she was abducted.  Was it premeditation or a random act by an unknown assailant living close by.  It is believed that whoever abducted Brittany was very close to her.  I assume these speculations were made because there was no sounds of a struggle or screams at the time it happened.

With little to go on, the police hoped frantically for leads. The case had already became a priority with the State Bureau Investigation. Within the first week there were over 700 leads, they were operating 24 hours a day. Brittany's funeral was videoed hoping to find someone "out of place" or for any other clues they could gather. Police and investigators went to the funeral as well to watch for possible suspects.

After a year of searching endlessly for the pickup truck, frustrated officials created a task force. At the one year anniversary, the case was considered cold.

Everyone that Brittany came in contact with was given lie detectors tests. The principal at the school, for he passed by Brittany's house on the way to school every morning. There had been one occasion where he had picked up Brittany and gave her a lift to school because she was waiting on the bus in the rain. Brittany's mother's boyfriend and his father were giving lie detector tests. They all passed.

Close to five years later, police and SBI thought they had a crack in the case. A Fort Bragg soldier had been arrested for armed robbery, while searching his locker they found pictures of Brittany. It was rumored that this suspect participated in the search for Brittany as well. After being questioned by the Hoke County Police the conclusion was he didn't match the description or profile but has not been ruled out entirely.

11 years later this case has still not been solved. The Local and State Officials are hoping that someone will remember anything significant and that the killer is in the area. They are no close in solving this case than they were in the beginning.

They do have DNA of the killer. 

 If you are a Private Investigator, I plea with you to come to North Carolina and help solve or solve this case.  Too many things don't add up.  The Profile of the killer was so vague it leaves it open for anyone.  There is a reward..