UPDATE: Charleston Woman Still Missing After One Year
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Updated: 9:43 PM Apr 24, 2011
UPDATE: Charleston Woman Still Missing After One Year
Sunday marks one year since a Charleston woman went missing, and while the search hasn't let up, keeping hope up can be a struggle for some.
Posted: 10:49 PM Apr 30, 2010
Reporter: Cathleen Moxley, Carrie Jones, Jeremy Edwards, Kallie Cart
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UPDATE 4/24/11 @ 9:45 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Sunday marks one year since a Charleston woman went missing, and while the search hasn't let up, keeping hope up can be a struggle for some.

“Since Kathy's disappearance, we had these posters made, and the poster has been here since the day she disappeared,” Kristi Walker, vice president of Kelley’s Mens Shop, said.

It was April 24th, 2010 when Kathy Goble was last seen. Her co-workers last saw her at Kelley's Mens shop where she worked for ten years.

“When she left here we all expected to see her back again on Monday,” Walker said.

Walker was alarmed when Goble didn't show up for work. Then she stumbled upon something else strange.

“I passed what looked like her car,” Walker said

She found Kathy’s car on I-64 in Putnam County. A white towel was hanging from the window.

“It was just a clean white bar towel,” Walker said. “Which isn't something Kathy would have generally been carrying in her car.”

Now, one year later the pieces still aren't coming together.

“We try to keep hope, but after a year; the likelihood becomes less that it's gonna have a positive outcome,” Walker said.

It leaves many questions unanswered.

“It still seems like she wasn't the one driving her car that day,” Walker said.

The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department is still investigating Goble's disappearance. If you have any information, give them a call at (304) 357-0169.



UPDATE 5/25/10 @ 9:20 a.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- It's been a month since relatives and friends last heard from a Kanawha County woman whose vehicle was found abandoned along Interstate 64 in Putnam County.

Kanawha County Sheriff's Lt. Sean Crosier says investigators have little information on the disappearance of 62-year-old Shelia "Kathy" Goble.

She had left work on Charleston's west side on April 24 and Crosier says Goble last was seen leaving a South Charleston home that night. Her 2004 Honda Pilot was abandoned at the 42-mile marker on I-64, two miles from the Crooked Creek exit.

Friends and family have launched a website, www.kathygoble.com, and have distributed fliers in several states.

You can check out the website by clicking on the link below.



UPDATE 4/30/10 @ 10 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Nearly a week has gone by since Kathy Goble was last spotted. Investigators say Goble, who is from Charleston, seems to have just vanished. They have few clues, but her family and friends are still holding onto hope that she will be found.

Loved ones, feeling lost themselves, joined together in Charleston Friday night to keep the spotlight on her disappearance.

"It's been terrible," coworker Kristi Waldeck says. "We've all just been racking our brain trying to come up with information that might help police."

Goble was last seen on Saturday. Detective Sean Snuffer with the Kanawha County's Sheriff department says she was seen on surveillance cameras at the Southridge Walmart on Saturday. She also was spotted at Kenna Homes. But since then, he says it's like she vanished.

Goble's car was found alongside Interstate 64 near Winfield in Putnam County on Monday by a coworker. Investigators say there is no reason she would have been in that area, and search dogs didn't find any clues there.

There also has been no activity on any of her bank accounts. Investigators are interviewing friends and family and following tips that they have received.

Kathy's friends say not knowing is the hardest part, but they are not giving up hope.

"Whether she was abducted and can get away and get home safely or if she just went off on her own, we still don't know," family friend Billy Herrald says. "So we just hope and pray."

And they join together. Dozens of people gathered outside of Kelley's Men's Shop Friday night. Goble worked at the store for 10 years.

"She was a jubilant person," Virginia Wright says. "We always would laugh when I came into the store."

When Goble didn't show up to work on Monday, her coworkers -- who are like family -- knew something was wrong.

Since then, the store has been ground zero in the fight to find Kathy.

"I hope everyone who saw this, saw how much she's missed and loved by all her family and friends," Waldeck says. "We just really hope if anyone has any information they'll come forward."

If you have any information that could help police find Goble, you are asked to call the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department at 304-357-0169.



UPDATE: 4/29/10 @ 9 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Friends and family of a woman missing from Charleston since Saturday plan to come together and pray for her safe return.

A candlelight service is scheduled Friday evening for Kathy Goble.

It is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Kelley's Men's shop.

Goble was last seen at 5:30 Saturday evening when she left work at Kelley's Men's Shop. Her car was found along the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 near the Winfield exit in Putnam County.

Wednesday night, investigators had cadaver dogs and blood hounds searching the area, but they did not pick up on anything.

Investigators say they are now interviewing Goble's friends, family and co-workers.

If you have any information about where she may be, call the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department at 304-357-0169.



UPDATE 4/28/10 @ 9 p.m.
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The search for a Kanawha County woman who has been missing since Saturday is intensifying.

Law enforcement officials had cadaver dogs and bloodhounds out along Interstate 64 in Putnam County near the Winfield exit Wednesday evening.

That is where Kathy Goble's car was found Monday evening.

Kathy hasn't been seen or heard from since 5:30 Saturday evening when she left work at Kelley's Men's Shop in Charleston.

Investigators say the dogs weren't able to pick up on anything tonight. They continue talking with family members, friends and co-workers of Kathy.

If you know where she may be, you are asked to call the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department at 304-357-0169.



ORIGINAL STORY
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A Kanawha County woman has been missing since Saturday, and her family is looking for answers to where she might be.

According to a news release, Kathy Goble was last seen around 5:30 p.m. Saturday leaving Kelley's Men's Shop. A family member tells WSAZ.com Goble works at Kelley's Mens Shop.

An employee at Kelley's Men's Shop tells WSAZ.com Goble was always prompt for work and when she didn't show up for work on Monday, it was very out of the ordinary.

Sheriff's Deputies say Goble may have also gone to the Watt's Hill area in Charleston and then possibly to Kenna Drive in South Charleston.

Deputies found Goble's silver Honda Pilot Monday evening along the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 at the Winfield exit in Putnam County.

Investigators believe her SUV was parked in that location as early as 7:00 p.m. Sunday.

Goble, 62, has no history of medical problems.

If you know where she may be, you are asked to call the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department at 304-357-0169.


Latest Comments

Posted by: anonymous on Feb 9, 2011 at 07:31 PM

Still do not understand why not a thing on Nancy grace show to help find Kathy goble! seems like she or they don't want her to be found until a certain amount of time goes by. why doesnt a friend or someone submit her information to Nancy grace show to get it going again,If she ran away from her life here to make a new start some place like California, where she had been the week before she went missing ,SORRY, still needs to be found. its not right to worry family and friends everyday. IF that is what this is about. seriously,NANCY GRACE SHOW !!!!!
Posted by: Elaine on Sep 18, 2010 at 10:29 PM

Has she been found? Why didn't her family go on tv and ask for info. I don't understand.
Posted by: thanks on Jul 22, 2010 at 05:38 AM

Just concerned, Hope they get this one solved. It could happen to any of us.
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