Plate is set for missing Jamestown mother; reward offered
Family preserves hope she will be returned
The family of missing Chautauqua County mother Corrie L. Anderson set an empty place for her at their Thanksgiving table, praying for her safety and clinging to the conviction that she is still alive.
Then on Friday, the one-month anniversary of her disappearance, the family gathered to offer a $15,000 cash reward for information leading either to her being found or toward the arrest and conviction of whoever abducted her.
“Thanksgiving was very difficult for us,” her sister, Autumn Boardman, said Friday. “We had an empty place for Corrie. We all miss her a lot. But the whole family strongly believes, through our faith and intuition, that she is alive. We feel she is being held captive, against her will.”
About two-dozen family members who gathered for Thanksgiving at an aunt’s home in Panama took a moment to pray for Anderson before their meal.
“We prayed for her protection, that God would give her the wisdom she needs now, wrap his arms around her and protect her and love her,” Boardman said.
Anderson has been missing since the afternoon of Oct. 28, after she left her part-time job at Jamestown Community College’s Hultquist Library and stopped by the Lake County Dodge dealership on Washington Street to say hello to her boyfriend.
Last seen leaving the car dealership at about 1:15 p.m., Anderson missed a 3:15 p.m. meeting at her son’s school and failed to pick him up there. According to the Web site her family has set up, www.findcorrie.com , that was totally out of character for Anderson. Two days later, a hunter’s tip led New York State Police to find her dark blue 2005 Dodge Caravan, abandoned on a trail off Kortwright Road, not far from her Town of Busti home.
Why does Boardman believe her sister, the 36-year-old mother of three children, still is alive?
“Inside me, I just feel she is alive,” she replied. “My mother feels the same way, and so does our whole family.”
The Web site set up by her family also asks concerned people to sign up as volunteers. Anderson’s cousin, Laurie Keefe, said volunteers could put up fliers, help plan future events, participate in any future community searches and contribute funds toward the search costs.
“That’s the type of family we are,” Keefe said. “We’re strong. We’re not going to stop looking for Corrie. We’re not going to give up hope.”
Family members also hope that the reward and the Web site can help appeal to whoever has Anderson or knows what happened to her.
“I am just begging and praying that they will have a change of heart and let her go,” Boardman said. “Her family needs her. Her children need her.”
Anyone with information about her case is asked to call the State Police at 665-3113 or the Greater Buffalo Crime Stoppers at 225-8712.
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