Susan White Robertson was 42 years old when she vanished from the Denton area of Davidson County sometime in September or October of 2001. She hasn't been seen since, and now the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has joined local police in asking the public for any information that could help explain what happened to her.
The North Carolina SBI and the City of Denton Police Department are seeking information about Robertson, according to WXLV. Robertson was born July 13, 1959, which means she would be 67 years old today. Authorities said she was last seen in the Denton area in September or October of 2001, when she was 42.
A Delayed Report Complicates the Timeline
One of the more unsettling details in this case is the gap between Robertson's disappearance and when it was formally reported. Her family reported her missing a few years after she disappeared, the station's report notes, leaving investigators to work with a case that was already cold by the time it officially opened.
That delay means there is little public detail about the exact date Robertson was last seen or precisely when her family came forward, and no information has been released about what happened to her after that point in 2001. The case remains open, decades later, as authorities continue to seek the public's help.
How Denton Police Say You Can Help
Anyone with information about where Robertson might be or what may have happened to her is asked to call the Denton Police Department at 336-859-2164. The agency and the SBI are hoping someone with knowledge of Robertson's whereabouts after 2001, however small the detail, will come forward now.
Separately, Denton's police chief has told local officials that the Davidson County Sheriff's Office recently forwarded the department an unsolved missing-person case roughly 25 years old involving a former town resident, with the department potentially using cadaver dogs and SBI assistance going forward, according to citizenportal.ai. That report does not identify the person involved, and it is not established whether that case is connected to Robertson's disappearance.
