Alice Davis Missing, Maryland School Teacher's Car Found Abandoned (1098 hits)
Sept. 7 -- Police in Maryland are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a school teacher who vanished during a weekend shopping trip. Alice Elizabeth Davis, a 55-year-old English teacher at Parkside High School in Salisbury, was last seen at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. According to her husband, she left their Allen home to go shopping at a Walmart in nearby Fruitland, Md.
When Davis failed to return home by 8 p.m. Monday, her husband contacted police and reported her missing. During a search of the shopping center property, investigators spotted Davis' blue Honda hatchback parked across the street in a Big Lots parking lot. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, the lead agency investigating the case, officers found no signs of a struggle in or around the vehicle. Investigators also reviewed video surveillance cameras at Walmart and Big Lots and found no evidence that Davis was at either store Monday.
When contacted by The Huffington Post this afternoon, Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis declined to go into detail about the current status of the investigation. The sheriff said that a press conference would be held later this evening. Speaking with The Delmarva Daily Times, Parkside High School Superintendent John Fredericksen said the school district is keeping Davis in their thoughts as law enforcement investigates her whereabouts.
UPDATE: The husband of missing school teacher Alice Elizabeth Davis has been found dead in the couple's Maryland home. Jesse Davis, 58, died from a self-inflicted injury, according to a Wicomico County Sheriff's Office source. He was found at 8:30 p.m. yesterday. Investigators declined to say whether he was considered a suspect in his wife's disappearance.
