Wife says missing Durham man was abducted

The family of Durham man who has been missing for more than two weeks believes he is in danger. Durham police said they are continuing to investigate his disapperance.
Posted 4/5/2022, 8:47:43 PM Updated 4/5/2022, 10:10:51 PM

>> ERIC MILLER, THANK YOU FOR

THE UPDATE.

>> THE FAMILY OF A DURHAM MAN

WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN FOR 2

WEEKS BELIEVES HE'S NOT JUST

MISSING. HE WAS ABDUCTED.

NOW THEY'RE TURNING TO THE

PUBLIC FOR HELP DURHAM POLICE

CONFIRM INVESTIGATORS FOUND

44 YEAR-OLD SHAWN BURTON STRUCK

IN ONE COUNTY. THAT'S MORE THAN

50 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HE

WAS LAST SEEN IN DURHAM AND

WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH

KRUEGER SPOKE WITH THE MISSING

MAN'S WIFE ABOUT HER DESPERATE

SEARCH TO FIND HER HUSBAND

>> IT HAS NOW BEEN 2 WEEKS AND

SEAN BURTON WENT MISSING.

HIS WIFE SAYS SHE AND HIS 6

CHILDREN DESERVE ANSWERS.

I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME

PUBLIC THAT TENSION ABOUT THIS

CASE.

>> SEAN BURTON'S WIFE CALLED

WRAL, HOPING ONE OF OUR VIEWERS

KNOW SOMETHING. SHE IS TOO

SCARED TO SHOW HER FACE ON

CAMERA OR GIVE HER NAME.

SHE SAYS POLICE TELL HER HER

HUSBAND WAS ABDUCTED. POLICE

WOULD NOT CONFIRM THAT. I DON'T

KNOW.

>> WILL THESE PEOPLE ARE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO

HIM. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW

WHERE HE IS. SHE SAYS SHE LAST

SAW BURTON THE NIGHT OF MARCH

22ND WHEN HE LEFT TO GO TO A

CLUB FOR HIS WORK AS A CLUB

PROMOTER, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHY

ANYONE WOULD WANT TO HURT HIM.

JUST A HE'S A VERY GOOD FATHER

AND SWEET, LOVING, VERY GIVING,

VERY LOVING. AND JUST OVERALL

GREAT GUY. SHE SAYS HIS TRUCK

WAS FOUND IN WARRINGTON FAMILY

SEARCHED THE AREA AND FOUND

NOTHING. THEY'RE PLANNING

ANOTHER SEARCH SOON. THE BURTON

FAMILY IS OFFERING A $20,000

REWARD FOR HIS SAFE RETURN.

>> SARAH KRUEGER WRAL NEWS IN

DURHAM. AND WE DID POLICE ABOUT

THE INFORMATION BURTON'S WIFE

SHARED WITH US AND HEARD BACK

LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A

SPOKESPERSON SAYING A RELATIVE

TOLD THEM

>> THAT SHE BELIEVED HE WAS

ABDUCTED. POLICE SAID IT IS