By Chuck Hustmyre

March 29, 2007

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LaFAYETTE, Ga. (Crime Library) —  Sheriff's officials announced Wednesday they were scaling back the search for a Walker County 911 dispatcher now missing for more than a week.

Theresa Parker, 41, was last seen the night of Wednesday, March 21 as she left her sister's house. At 10:00 that night she called her sister from her cell phone.

 

After not hearing from Theresa for a few days, her family reported her missing Saturday.

Sheriff's deputies found her car parked at her home on Cordell Road, but they found no sign of Theresa. She was scheduled to report to work at the Walker County 911 Center at 7:00 p.m. Monday but didn't show up.

Since Saturday, law enforcement officers have conducted what they call a grid search, using ground teams, ATVs, dogs, and helicopters to comb through a five mile area around Theresa's home.

Although they insist they are still treating Theresa's disappearance as a missing person case, law enforcement officials acknowledge they have begun searching for likely places in the area where someone might dump a body.

Theresa, who has been a county 911 dispatcher since 1992, is married to LaFayette police Sergeant Sam Parker, a 20-year veteran of the department.

The couple recently separated and is in the process of getting a divorce. They have been married for 14 years.

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