Bettina Danille Johnson: The August Accounts
Family contact, reported sightings and publication dates describe different parts of the record.
Abstract
NamUs MP162126 records Bettina Danille Johnson’s last contact as August 23, 2026, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Its narrative places her near Grapevine Road.1
The Family’s Reported Contact
The August 28 Queen City Newsfeed article says relatives last heard from Johnson on Sunday, August 23.3
The same report attributed to relatives that Johnson had flown to West Virginia during the preceding week. It does not establish an exact arrival date or document her subsequent route.3
The Reported August 26 Observation
WOAY-TV’s September 9 report gives Wednesday, August 26, between noon and 1 p.m. It attributes to investigators an observation near Edwin W. Miller Boulevard in Martinsburg.2
WOAY described a sheriff’s appeal asking residents in Martinsburg and the eastern panhandle to remain alert. The September publication date does not date a new sighting.2
A family contact on August 23 and a reported observation on August 26 could concern separate events. The articles do not supply the underlying statements needed to establish that sequence.2,3
The September Family Appeal
Therese Apel’s September 1 Darkhorse Press report describes a public family appeal and an account placing Johnson near Royal Farms and Grapevine Road. It attributes that location account to published appeals.4
That report pairs Sunday with August 26. Its wording does not explain which dated observation is meant; it does not settle the chronology of the other accounts.4
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in. Can you locate the dated public sheriff’s notice behind the August 26 account?2
Can you find a published clarification distinguishing the family’s August 23 contact from the reported observation?3
Can you trace the Royal Farms account to its original dated appeal? Save the date, attribution and exact link in a Research File in Almost Solved.4
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The Agency Record’s Date Field
NamUs’s agency dateReported field reads August 26, 2025. That precedes the record’s 2026 contact date; the inspected publications do not explain the entry.1
Scope and Method
Underlying observation statements and the original appeals were not inspected.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- NamUs, MP162126; reviewed November 3, 2026.
- WOAY-TV, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office seeking public’s help locating missing woman, September 9, 2026.
- Mackenzie Joiner, Queen City Newsfeed, Meridian Woman Bettina Johnson Reported Missing in West Virginia, August 28, 2026.
- Therese Apel, Darkhorse Press, report on the Bettina Johnson family appeal, September 1, 2026.