While a search on Roanoke Rapids Lake Wednesday for a woman missing since 2006 turned up no results, the lead investigator in the case will continue to explore that angle.

Captain Andy Jackson of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department said he planned to question people of interest in the case of Shonda Stansbury.

Jackson declined to name the people but did confirm they may be linked to a 911 call the evening after Stansbury was reported missing.

Stansbury

Late on the evening of December 14, 2006, a woman using a cell phone called 911 saying she saw Stansbury running behind Information Grocery. She said it appeared the woman had blood on her face while chased by two black males.

The caller said she did not intervene for fear of her own life. Searches for the woman were done over the next two years.

One of the men the caller saw was approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall with dark skin. He was wearing a ball cap and was possibly bald. He had big arms and a stocky build and was wearing jeans and a white T-shirt and believed to be between 28 to 32 years old.

The other man was described as standing approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall with a medium build and light skin. He wore his hair in dreadlocks and may have been wearing Timberland boots, jeans with patches on them and an oversize button-down shirt, possibly brown or light brown.

The lead was the first one since the initial call that mentioned the Information Grocery call and possible location of the missing woman. "It's pretty much one of the better leads we've had in a long time," Jackson said.

Since then there have been few sightings of Stansbury, a mother of three who was trying to shake a drug addiction and alcohol problem so she could devote more time to her family.

The police department has contacted agencies who can check on whether a Social Security number has been used across the United States, used for welfare or in search of lawful employment. Her number has not been used since she was missing.

Her mother reported to police she hadn’t seen or heard from her daughter since December 7, at 1 p.m.

The initial investigation showed the woman was dropped off that day at Westside Grocery around 6 a.m.

Officers checked the places she was known to frequent: The 900 block of Vance Street, Zoo Road, Great Falls Circle.

The last known sighting of her was before December 12, when she visited friends at Great Falls Trailer Park on West Tenth Street. She was asked to leave December 9 because she overstayed her welcome.

Stansbury is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, and weighs approximately 120 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a gray blouse, blue jeans and a blue West Coast Choppers jacket. She has a tattoo of a rose on her chest and a heart tattoo on her ankle with her daughter's name.

Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to call Detective Jeff Baggett at 252-533-2819 or Halifax County Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.