FBI Seeking Information Regarding Abduction And Death Of Missing Virginia Woman Who Was Found Dead In Charlotte
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The FBI is seeking information regarding the abduction and death of Ashanti Billie and are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest, prosecution or conviction of the person or persons responsible.
Billie disappeared Monday, September 18th from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Her vehicle was subsequently located on Saturday, September 23rd in the Ocean View section of Norfolk. Billie was driving a 2014 Mini Cooper, white/cream color with black top and a Maryland Tag 2CX-0575.
Billie’s body was recovered near Griers Grove Road in Charlotte on Friday, September 29th.
The FBI is asking anyone who may have Billie or her Mini Cooper in the Charlotte area during the time frame of Monday, September 18th to Saturday, September 23rd to contact the FBI Norfolk Field Office.
The Mini Cooper may be potentially been seen in the area surrounding Griers Grove Road and along any potential travel route between Hampton Roads and Charlotte, including but not limited to:
The travel corridor from Rt. 17, to I-64 through Rocky Mount and Raleigh to Charlotte;
The travel corridor from Route 58 to I-85 through Durham and Greensboro to Charlotte;
The travel corridor from Rt. 58 to I-95 through Raleigh to I-85 to Charlotte.
The FBI is also seeking any private or commercial video surveillance recordings or digital dash-
cam videos that may have captured the Mini Cooper traveling between Hampton Roads and
Charlotte during the same time frame
This case is being investigated jointly with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),
Virginia Beach Police Department, Norfolk Police Department, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Police Department.
Please report information to the FBI Norfolk Field Office at (757)455-0100, or email
agnorfolkFO@fbi.gov, subject line ASHANTI BILLIE.
Original Story Posted September 30th:
CHARLOTTE, NC – Neighbors want to know how the body of a missing teen from Virginia ended up in Charlotte.
“It is such a large distance between here and there,” says Joshua Richardson, president of the Garden Park Neighborhood Association.
CMPD confirmed Saturday that the person found dead behind East Stonewall AME Zion Church is 19-year-old Ashanti Billie.
A landscaper discovered her body Friday morning.
Richardson says the community off Beatties Ford Road has had problems in the past.
“We’ve had other instances where bodies have been dumped, as I was saying yesterday in that area. You know, my hope is that someone in this area is not directly involved with the crime. That’s something that’s been on my mind since it happened,” Richardson says.
Tonight in Virginia Beach, Ashanti’s family thanked the community for their love and prayers.
The teen disappeared September 18th, last seen driving into a military base in Norfolk, Virginia.
She worked at a restaurant there.
Days later, investigators found her phone in a dumpster and her car nearby.
What we don’t know is how her body ended up in Charlotte or who killed her.
While Richardson says he is keeping the family in his thoughts, he hopes the killer isn’t from his community.
“Of course my next interest is you know whatever can be done to help find who did this. Make sure they’re brought to justice for the crime,” Richardson says.
