UPDATE: Search for Teresa Meharg points to medical emergency, sheriff’s office says
Investigators say they have searched roads, motels, churches and parking areas between Eisenhower Parkway and Centerville while working with surrounding counties to narrow an area for an organized search.
UPDATE (7/22/26): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says investigators’ observations in the search for Teresa Meharg point to a medical emergency and not foul play.
In response to a 41NBC inquiry on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office says Meharg and her vehicle remain the focus. Investigators say they have searched roadways between Interstate 75 at Eisenhower Parkway and Centerville, along with major connecting roads, motels, churches and parking areas.
The sheriff’s office says it’s communicating with surrounding counties and working to narrow a more specific area for an organized search party and that some locations that have already been searched may be checked again.
Investigators have not found any additional surveillance footage of verified significance, according to the sheriff’s office update.
UPDATE (7/16/26): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says its investigators are now assisting in the search for missing 70-year-old Teresa “Terri” Meharg.
Investigators determined Meharg drove away from Blossom Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center at 12 a.m. Monday and was last seen entering Interstate 75 South from Eisenhower Parkway at 12:48 a.m.
The sheriff’s office says investigators, with help from the Georgia State Patrol, began searching for Meharg and contacting hospitals in Macon and surrounding areas.
In a social media update Wednesday night, Meharg’s daughter, Kelly Haynes, wrote that footage showed her mother getting in her car and driving alone after work.
“We do believe this was very unusual for her and is possibly suffering from a medical problem,” she wrote. “Please keep sharing her information along.”
If you see Meharg or have information on where she is, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
Bibb County Sheriff’s Office flyer
UPDATE (7/15/26): A Flock license plate camera captured missing 70-year-old Teresa “Terri” Meharg’s black Jeep Patriot entering Interstate 75 south from Eisenhower Parkway in Macon around 12:45 a.m. Monday, according to her daughter.
Kelly Haynes tells 41NBC her mother was last seen Sunday night at Blossom Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Fountain Blue Rehab and Nursing, on Whiteside Road in south Macon.
Meharg’s normal shift was from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Haynes says she spoke with her mother by phone shortly after 8 p.m. Meharg said she was staying late to finish charting and planned to visit Haynes afterward. Coworkers told Haynes they left around 9 p.m. while Meharg was still there, according to Haynes.
Haynes says Meharg clocked in but did not clock out. Her purse, cellphone and wallet were later found on a bench outside the facility, but Meharg and her vehicle were gone.
Haynes is concerned her mother may have experienced a medical problem or become confused.
Haynes says Eisenhower Parkway is not part of her mother’s normal route home to Houston County and that no additional camera detections of the Jeep have been reported to her. The vehicle’s license plate is SAB1703.
Meharg has relatives in the Lake City and Live Oak areas of Florida and could have traveled there if she became confused, according to Haynes.
Haynes clarified that her mother is 70 years old and 5 feet, 7 inches tall, correcting information included in the original flyer shared by Centerville police. Meharg weighs about 175 pounds and has light brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing medical scrubs.
If you see Meharg or have information on where she is, call Haynes at (478) 319-3940, the Centerville Police Department at (478) 953-4222 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
ORIGINAL STORY (7/14/26):
CENTERVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Centerville police are asking for help finding 66-year-old Teresa “Terri” Meharg, who they say was last seen at Fountain Blue Rehab and Nursing in Macon.
That’s on Whiteside Road off Houston Road in south Macon.
A flyer shared by police on social media Tuesday says Meharg is white, 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 175 pounds. She has light brown hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing medical scrubs and carrying a white purse. The flyer shared by police also says Meharg drives a black Jeep Patriot.
Police did not provide the date or time she was last seen.
If you’ve seen Meharg or have information on where she is, call Kelly Haynes at (478) 319-3940, Centerville Police Department at (478) 953-4222 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME.
