Pender Co. deputies ask for help finding woman missing since Tuesday

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Pender County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding Samantha Lee Southerland.

Southerland left her home in Pender County Tuesday. Investigators believe she was traveling to Fayetteville.

Southerland was driving a black 2017 Ford Focus with NC plates EHV9308.

Southerland has numerous tattoos. The two most prominent are the name William across the top of her chest and a tattoo on her left hand. When last seen, Southerland was wearing form fitting black shorts, grey tank top and a red bandanna around her right wrist. She is 5’8”, 170-180 pounds and has shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on where Southerland may be is asked to contact the Pender County Sheriff’s Office at (910) 259-1212 or their local law enforcement agency.