Police say a Gastonia woman reported as missing really isn’t. Police marked the case unfounded and closed, but did so after it was already publicized through Facebook.
An acquaintance, Wavey Williams, filed the report after not hearing from Sonya Hughes Lowder, 42, of Gastonia, for nearly two weeks.
Williams said she had not answered calls or texts since Feb. 19.
When police investigated, they found she had packed up all of her clothes and left. No foul play is suspected, police said.