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My Nephew Missing in NC — Please Help!

February 11, 2009 – 5:29 pm

Dear Friends: If you live near the Fort Bragg area of North Carolina, you may be able to help. My nephew, Joseph Putnam, who has been stationed at Fort Bragg for Airborne School, has apparently been abducted and forced to drain his bank account through ATM machines. Someone has continued to drain the account and Joseph is officially missing as of Tuesday, Feb. 10 at approximately 3:00 am.

 

 

Help us locate him, if you can, by keeping an eye out for him. The Fayetteville Police can be contacted in case you see him at 910-433-1530. Joseph is the older boy in the above picture; he is about 5 feet 10 inches and weighs about 170 pounds — blue eyes and a distinct Arkansas accent to his speech.

One unidentified white male and one unidentified black male were seen with him. I will update as I can. My brother is distraught, so any help at all is deeply appreciated. Thanks, and God Bless.

UPDATE 1: WRAL in North Carolina has the following update:

Fayetteville, N.C. — Police on Wednesday asked for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Fort Bragg soldier. Spc. Joseph E. Putnam, 22, was last seen at 1208 Bragg Blvd. at about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, police said. Putnam is assigned to C-Company, 2nd Battalion, 508 Parachute Infantry Battalion. An unidentified man used Putnam’s debit card about 10 hours later at a Kangaroo convenience store at 1764 Ireland Drive, police said. He was described as a black man in his late 30s to early 40s, about 6 feet, 2inches tall and 190 pounds. He was bald, had a close-trimmed beard and had recent burn marks to his abdomen. He was wearing a white T-shirt with blue exercise pants. Putnam was described as a white man, 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 150 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes. He has tattoos of a cow skull and the words “Cowboy Up” on his left shoulder. He was wearing a white T-shirt with Wrangler jeans and cowboy boots. Anyone with information on Putnam’s whereabouts or the identity of the man who used his debit card is asked to call the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1856 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.