Anonymous tips may also be submitted to the Dare County Community CrimeLine at This is an ongoing investigation. He most likely fled the scene by foot along NC 12 or the beach the evening of May 12.Īnyone with information that may help to identify the individual responsible for committing this alleged crime are asked to contact the ISB by calling or texting the ISB Tip Line at 88, submitting an anonymous tip at or by emailing e-mail us. The alleged kidnapper was described as six feet tall with light colored hair, scruffy chin hair and possibly a thin mustache. The female did not require transport to the hospital. Seashore law enforcement rangers responded and began investigating jointly with the Dare County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 8:45 p.m. Once at the Little Kinnakeet Beach Access parking lot, the female reports that she escaped west from the ocean-side beach and fled on foot south along NC 12 until she was picked up by a passing motorist. The female alleges that she was physically forced by the male to drive her vehicle, a silver 2017 Ford Escape, until reaching the Little Kinnakeet Beach Access parking lot, located across NC 12 from the Little Kinnakeet Life-Saving Station. Navy EOD Detachment Norfolk,' stated David Hallac, Superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina. 'Cape Hatteras National Seashore appreciates the significant efforts and expertise provided by U.S.
daily Notes: South: Open Hours: Ramp open to ORVs from 6:30 a.m. Bodie Island Ramp 2 (Priority Ramp) North: Pedestrian access only Hours: Ramp open to ORVs from 6:30 a.m. Highway 12 (NC 12) from the Bodie Island Light Station. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse grounds and nearby parking and beach areas have reopened. Dates & times change only when there are updates to report. Law enforcement rangers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore), special agents with the National Park Service’s Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and the Dare County Sheriff’s Office, seek the public’s assistance on information regarding a recent investigation of an alleged kidnapping that occurred within the Seashore on Wednesday, May 12.Īn adult female Seashore visitor reports being kidnapped from the Coquina Beach Access restrooms by an adult white male at approximately 6:45 p.m. Not only does the Seashore support a rich diversity of plants and animals, it also offers amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico-Albemarle Sound, beautiful and dark night skies, and dynamic weather patterns including hurricanes and nor'easters.MANTEO, N.C. Although many of the plants and animals you will see throughout the Seashore are common to eastern North Carolina, the Seashore does also support several threatened and endangered species, such as the piping plover and loggerhead sea turtle. Each of these habitats supports a great variety of wildlife, some commonly observed and some not so easily spotted. These forces of nature, combined with human activities on these islands, have resulted in the development and constant change of beach, dune, grassland, shrub thicket, maritime forest, and salt marsh habitats throughout the islands. Plover image credit US Fish and Wildlife Service Federally protected threatened or endangered species include the piping plover, seabeach amaranth, and sea turtles
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