Leslie Dawn Mashburn walked away from her home in December of 1997. She has not been seen since. She had been battling depression for a long time. She told her mother that she felt like jumping off the bridge. She lived less than half a mile from the bridge at what used to be the Carbonton Dam Bridge on Hwy 42. A search was conducted using search teams in and out of the water surrounding the Dam, river and the roads in that area. Helicopters, Planes, and canines were used as well.