Kristi Cornwell Missing

On December 20, 2009, Kristi Cornwell’s friends and family are planning a candlelight vigil to celebrate Kristi’s 39th birthday.  The community is gathering at Meeks Park, Highway 515, in Blairsville, Georgia.  If you cannot attend, the family is requesting the public to stop to pray at 7 p.m. for her safe return.  Along with Kristi’s birthday, the holidays are here too.  This is an extremely difficult time for those close to her to spend this holiday season without their loved one.  My thoughts and prayers to Kristi’s family and friends, and I hope she is found very soon.

BACKGROUND:

The last anyone heard from Kristi Cornwell was on August 11, 2009.  Now, investigators say she may have been abducted by the same man who tried to abduct a woman in North Carolina a few days before.  Today, investigators released a sketch of a man they are looking for, and a possible vehicle he could be driving. 

Authorities say Kristi Cornwell was exercising in Blairsville, Georgia down Jones Creek Road when she was allegedly abducted.  Investigators say around 9:00 p.m., Kristi was on the phone with her boyfriend, who was in Atlanta at the time, when a car approached her, there was a struggle, and she was never seen again.  A reward of $50,000 is offered for information leading to the safe return of Kristi, or arrest/conviction to the person responsible for her disappearance.  Kristi’s family is extremely proactive in this case.  They started a website, they have frequent, sometimes daily searches of the area where she went missing, and they even auctioned off the family’s lake house property over the weekend to raise money to help find this missing mother.

Investigators say Kristi’s case could be tied to an attempted abduction that happened in Cherokee County, N.C. just a few days before her alleged abduction.  Thankfully, that woman was able to escape.  Authorities say they are looking for a white male, in his mid-20’s with dark hair who may be driving a silver Nissan Exterra with tinted windows and a brush guard on the front of the vehicle.

Kristi is a former probation officer who is trained to fight back in situations like this.  Her family believes she is alive somewhere, and they will do whatever they can to find her.  www.kristicornwell.com