Angela Nobles Rothen was 42 and from the Wilmington, North Carolina area when family last heard from her on June 10, 2007. Her sudden loss of contact led to a missing-person report that ultimately became part of a homicide investigation. In April 2008 human remains found in a wooded area off Carolina Beach Road included a set later identified as Rothen’s.

Autopsy reports and subsequent accounts say her neck had been cut and she may also have suffered head trauma, with other descriptions noting she was beaten and sustained a skull fracture. Investigators treated her death as violent and suspicious; the proximity of Rothen’s remains to those of Allison Jackson Foy, who vanished in 2006 and was found in the same area, suggested the two cases could be connected.

A local cab driver, Timothy Iannone, was discussed repeatedly in reporting as a suspect or person of interest, though he has not been charged in these homicides. The cases remain unsolved and no one has been prosecuted for Angela Rothen’s death. If anyone knew Angela, Allison, or has information about their disappearances or the wooded site off Carolina Beach Road, please come forward.