A family in North Carolina is relieved after the search for their missing loved one, 33-year-old Shenequa Shantol McMillian, and her four children, Egypt Lauren McMillian, Kairo London McMillian, Leilahni Rose McMillian and Leilah Skye McMillian, is over.
Shenequa’s sister, De’Shanta McMillian, had shared with The North Carolina Beat that her family was in the dark about Shenequa’s whereabouts, with their father last physically seeing her back in June when he was working on her car in Raleigh.
The situation took a troubling turn when their father received a text message from Shenequa’s phone between July and August, asking for money to buy a bus ticket back to Lumberton from Jacksonville, Florida.
“My parents drove to Raleigh in a storm, expecting her and her children to get off the bus. When they got there, they were not there,” De’Shanta said. “We don’t even know if it was her that sent the text.”
On Monday, De’Shanta told The North Carolina Beat that her sister had contacted their maternal grandmother to let her know that she and her children were safe.
Shenequa and her children had moved to Florida with her husband, Regis Devon Carpenter, in July, according to a TikTok account, where Shenequa was documenting their new journey, provided to us by De’Shanta.Â
Court documents obtained by The North Carolina Beat reveal that Carpenter, who has an extensive criminal history in North Carolina, was charged in April with ‘Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle’ for allegedly taking Shenequa’s car without her consent.
Warrants indicate that Carpenter took Shenequa’s 2024 White Chevrolet Traverse without her authorization, prompting her to call the police.
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Carpenter was arrested a day later, on April 13, 2024. After being released on a $500 bond, the charges against him were voluntarily dismissed on April 16, 2024.
De’Shanta told us that on last Wednesday, she spoke to Regis Carpenter’s mom, thinking that she may have heard from him but she hadn’t physically seen him, only spoken to him through text.
“She told me the only encounter she has with him is through text messages,” said De’Shanta. “She said she hadn’t seen him or heard from him personally…but she has confirmed that she hasn’t seen or heard my sister’s voice since July because she would normally call and speak to the children.”
Shenequa McMillian’s two sets of twins were born eleven months apart:
Thank you to everyone who shared the original story.
Im glad they are reported to be ok but something still isnt right with this situation and somebody needs to lay eyes on her and the kids even if its the police a pastor or just a stranger. Hearing her voice on the phone is good but who is to say that she is not in distress and he made her make the
call to her grandma just to stop people from looking from them.
It just seems odd that after all that time looking for her she called her grandma and not her parents or sister who were the ones leading the search and who would be able to tell in her voice/conversation if there were something wrong with her.
I pray that they are all ok and that it was a sincere call and not forced.