Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 12/01/1996
- Missing From:
- Missing From Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Biracial, Black, White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 08/14/1985 (39)
- Age:
- Age 11 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’0, 85 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Biracial (African-American/Caucasian) female. Black hair, brown eyes. Sarena has a birthmark on her lower back. Her first name may be spelled “Serena.”
- Details of Disappearance:
- In December 1996, Robby Ann Floyd, her daughter Sarena, two other children (Brent and Brenttany Hughes), and her sister Jennifer Hughes disappeared from their Fayetteville, North Carolina home. A neighbor saw Robby rushing to leave in her blue van, saying she was going to Alabama to visit her sick father. A woman was with her, who Robby claimed was her mother, but her mother said she hadn’t been there in years.
Robby’s husband, Jason (Shane), and their son Brandon, stayed behind. Jason told police he talked to Robby briefly after she left, claiming she was at a motel in Alabama and would call back. He never heard from her again.
Robby and Jason had marital problems, separating before December 1996, but seemed to have reconciled before the disappearance. Jason and Brandon left their home in February 1997, and Jason said he and Robby were getting a divorce. Police don’t suspect Jason.
The family wasn’t reported missing until August 1998. Relatives in Alabama confirmed they never arrived. Robby’s mother said she would never disappear willingly, and had planned to move her father to North Carolina to care for him. He died in 1998.
There’s been no activity on their Social Security numbers since 1996, and Robby never registered her van or renewed her license. The disappearance remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office 910-677-5400
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This person was missing Missing Since 12/01/1996