MISSING: Alexis Ware

Dateline: Missing In America

NBC News

True Crime

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

29-year-old Alexis Ware was last seen around 7:30 p.m. at a 7-Eleven off Highway 29 in Anderson, South Carolina on January 30, 2022. Calls to her phone went directly to voicemail after that. On February 1, Alexis was officially reported missing. Alexis’s mother, Alberta-Gray Simpkins, and half-brother, Travis Ware, speak with Dateline’s Andrea Canning about the disappearance. Alexis was last seen wearing a black bonnet, a black jacket with a purple shirt, blue jeans, and black Crocs. Alexis has multiple tattoos and dimple piercings. She has long black hair and brown eyes, is about 5’6” and weighs around 215 lbs. If you have information, please contact the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 260-4405 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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0:00.0	Cool Chris Bear was settling in across South Carolina.
0:10.2	Inside her Greenville apartment, 29-year-old Alexis were snuggled into bed.
0:15.5	It was Sunday, January 30, 2022.
0:20.2	After a three-day visit at her mom's house, the exhausted mother of two laid her head down
0:24.7	on the pillow for an afternoon nap.
0:27.7	The weekend had been filled with family, food, and lots of love and hugs.
0:32.1	But was winding down, and a fresh start to a new week was on the horizon.
0:39.4	But before Alexis closed her eyes, her phone rang.
0:42.9	It was her mom.
0:44.6	As usual, she was checking in on Alexis to make sure she made it home safe and sound
0:48.6	after her 80-mile drive home.
0:52.1	When she left, she told me that she was just exhausted.
0:56.4	And when I felt like she should be home, I called her.
0:59.5	So that was around three o'clock, and she answered the phone right away.
1:04.8	We were on video, so I could see that she was in her bed.
1:10.4	That's Alexis' mother, Alberta.
1:13.1	She said, Mom, I'm just so tired.
1:14.9	She said, I'm laying down, taking a nap, and I call you when I get up.
1:20.0	That never happened.
1:24.0	Alberta Gray Simkins hasn't spoken to her daughter since that video call hasn't laid eyes on
1:29.2	Alexis' smile and pierced impulse.
1:33.8	Alberta is haunted, because while Alexis spent quality time with family that weekend, it
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