Cynthia Moreland

RALEIGH -- Despite their efforts on foot, on bicycle and all-terrain vehicle, Raleigh police have been unsuccessful in finding missing Wendell woman Cynthia Moreland.

While everyone is trying to remain optimistic, authorities will not say if they believe the woman is dead or alive, only that they are just trying to find her.

“Officers began looking for Ms. Moreland as soon as she was reported missing and that effort has gone on nonstop ever since,” explained Raleigh Police Department Spokesman Jim Sughrue.

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He says convicted sex offender Antonio Chance of Garner kidnapped Moreland, 48, from the Progress Energy parking garage in downtown Raleigh early in the morning one week ago Tuesday. The day after, police found her Toyota Camry abandoned on Malta Avenue in southeast Raleigh.

Sughrue says a witness saw a driver who looked like Chance leave the parking deck with a woman in the front seat. During the initial search, police were relying heavily on the public to come forth with information. That's still the case, but now investigators are using soil and foliage found on and inside the car to help with the search.

Police say Antonio Chance kidnapped Cynthia Moreland.

“The foliage has been identified as being from a wild white mulberry which is common to roadsides in the region and areas that have been recently cleared and just starting to grow back over,” Sughrue continued.

Sughrue says they still believe Chance acted alone and had no previous link to Moreland. Since her disappearance, her family has spoken out.

“I just want to know what happened to her and why it happened,” said Moreland’s mother Louise Wilkerson.

The suspect's family also spoke out after a judge set Chance’s bond at $1 million last week. His sisters believe he's innocent.

Cynthia Moreland's Toyota Camry was found on Malta Avenue.

“Right now y'all seeing him on TV and his face is a monster but the boy that we know, I know he's not a monster, I know he loves people,” his sister said.

While security has been stepped up at the Progress Energy parking deck and long term solutions are being looked at on how to keep employees safe, the company is offering a $10,000 reward for information.

Cynthia Moreland swiped her ID card at the Progress Energy parking lot last Tuesday but never showed up for work.

Sughrue says every lead is being checked out and is asking for anyone who saw anything and especially that Toyota Camry from 6:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. last Tuesday to give Raleigh CrimeStoppers a call at (919) 834-4357.

There are a lot of things that are still under investigation and any information could help in the case.