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Jamie Fraley.

MUS-2026-0417

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MUS-2026-0417

Missing person

Incident
2008
Indexed
Oct 23, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
Agency
Gaston County Police Department
Location
Gastonia NC

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Summary

What happened, as the record shows.

Jamie Fraley, 22, vanished from her Gastonia, North Carolina, apartment in the early hours of April 8, 2008, after telling a friend by phone that someone was taking her to the hospital for a third time. A 2015 prison-inmate confession was investigated and ruled out. She was never found, and the case is documented on Wikipedia and in cold-case podcast reporting. No one has been charged in her disappearance.

Timeline

What the record establishes.

  1. 2008

    Jamie Fraley, 22, vanishes from her Gastonia apartment in the early hours of April 8, 2008, after telling a friend by phone that someone was taking her to the hospital for a third time.

  2. 2015

    A prison inmate's confession is investigated and ruled out.

  3. 2026

    She was never found. The case remains unsolved.

Key people

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MissingJamie Fraley

22, of Gastonia, North Carolina. Vanished from her apartment in the early hours of April 8, 2008, after telling a friend someone was taking her to the hospital.

Investigating agencyGaston County Police Department

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