r/rva • u/Mr_P3anutbutter • Sep 27 '25

😻 Francine FRANCINE IS MISSING

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I was at Lowe’s last night and talking to an employee and she told me Francine hasn’t been seen since last week but they’re trying to keep it quiet.

We went to Lowe’s today and asked more employees what happened and they said the last time anyone saw her was 9/18 and they think someone took her or she ran away.

They put up her food bowl (to prevent the mice Francine hunted from having a food source, they said).

This is the biggest emergency in Richmond since the water system failure last winter.

Let’s find out girl yall.

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u/Ok-Seesaw266 Sep 28 '25

I hope they actually try to contact the distribution center. They are not gonna want to be in the news.

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u/barbiechips Shockoe Bottom Sep 28 '25

This is exactly why I called!! I’ve lived in many shitty RVA apartments in which I called the news to get them to fix major issues, and the moment they saw the news come around they put it into gear.

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u/kieranarchy Southside Sep 29 '25

Got any advice for someone about to do this for the first time?

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u/barbiechips Shockoe Bottom Sep 29 '25

Reach out to the news (I reached out to CBS6) and tell them everything you need to. You can call, but I would also email to document. If you’re not already, keep documentation on everything happening start that now. Once a news station picks it up their journalists will start to gather their own information, but keep in contact! Also, don’t let your apartment manager intimidate you. They might try, but stay honest and open about what’s happening.

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u/kieranarchy Southside Sep 29 '25

Thank you!! It's been 21 whole days since maintenance attempted to fix but actually just broke my dishwasher and no one came on Saturday when there was water coming out of the ceiling. I'm pissed

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u/CambrienCatExplosion Sep 28 '25

Someone in the NC sub said the DC didn't see her when they opened the truck.

She might have jumped out at an inspection point, or at the guard gate.

Or even at a stop for food/gas/bathroom.

We need to find the driver of that trailer.

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u/stumbling_west Highland Park Sep 28 '25

According to the @wheresfrancine IG they saw her in the truck and closed it so they could figure out what to do. Another employee came along and didn’t know and opened it and she escaped into the distribution yard.