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Chadbourn, NC — William Anthony Spivey was fired last year from his role as Chief of Police in Chadbourn after he was hit with dozens of charges including evidence mishandling, drug trafficking and embezzling. The disgraced police chief was due in court last month when all of the sudden, he went missing.

On February 21, Spivey was reported missing in Columbus County, North Carolina after he never returned from a fishing trip on the Lumber River. According to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, his absence led to an extensive water search by multiple local and state agencies.

Deputies arrived on the scene, along with Sheriff’s Office Investigators and Special Operations Units, including the Man Tracking and Dive Units. As the Sheriff’s Office began to search the area, investigators spoke to Spivey’s friends and family who were at the scene. Investigators began collecting evidence. Family members described the incident as a possible suicide. Handwritten letters were collected at the scene, along with the boat, that also contained a .22 caliber rifle with a discharged round still in the rifle. All evidence was collected by Crime Scene Investigators and processed.

The search lasted for several days despite police finding that the collected evidence did not support a suicide scenario.

However, with Spivey still missing, dive crews searched waters, and tracking teams searched the wooded areas for Spivey. Search and rescue crews conducted searches for three days, including several agencies assisting with aerial coverage, K9 sniffing, and sonar scanning..........read more........