A month has passed since Horry County woman went missing. Where does the case stand?
_fitted.jpeg "Investigators with the Horry County Police Department have been searching for Cyrena Anderson since she was reported missing by her sister on May 19, 2026, from her Myrtle Beach area home.")
When an Horry County woman was first reported missing in May, her husband told officers that his wife had “gathered her belongings” and left their home days earlier.
But about a month has passed since 47-year-old Danny Osborne’s alleged conversation with Horry County Police, and since then, he’s been labeled as a person of interest while his wife, Cyrena Anderson, is still missing.
The 48-year-old woman was first reported missing on May 19 by her sister, who told police she had not spoken to Anderson for a few days. According to police, Anderson failed to report to work on May 15 and was reportedly last seen with Osborne at their residence in the Forestbrook area.
The search has also now crossed over state lines into North Carolina after the Horry County Police Department wrote in an update that it believed Osborne had ties to both Brunswick and Columbus counties.
Osborne was reported last being held in North Carolina at the Wilmington Police Department under warrants from Brunswick County for domestic violence protective orders. The charges are unrelated to Anderson’s case.
Horry County Police spokesperson Ashley Boles told The Sun News that the department is continuing to investigate Anderson’s disappearance.
But how did Osborne go from being just Anderson’s husband to a person of interest?
When did Osborne say he last saw his wife?
According to the missing person’s report, Anderson’s last interaction with her sister was through a voice recording over text.
Her sister told Horry County police that the message was “nothing out of the ordinary.” But she said Anderson went radio silent in the days after the text, according to the report.
In a Facebook post on May 29, Horry County Police Department wrote that Osborne had also told investigators that Anderson left their residence the morning of May 13. Investigators since then discovered evidence contradicting this account, the post said.
It’s unclear in the post which evidence Horry County Police is referencing.
In the missing person’s report, officers contacted Osborne after his wife was reported missing. Osborne is noted saying that he last saw Anderson on May 17 when the two were riding bikes at Myrtle Beach State Park. Osborne advised that she “must have left their residence” later that night due to her car and other belongings being gone, according to the report.
Boles did not confirm to The Sun News whether these two accounts by Osborne are part of the contradicting evidence that investigators discovered.
“As it is an active and ongoing investigation, we are unable to discuss specific details at this time,” Boles said in a text message to the Sun News. “We will provide updates as appropriate.”
Police assisted Anderson months earlier, report says
Horry County Police encountered Anderson a few months before she went missing after she requested an escort from police, according to an informational report from the department.
Officers responded to 422 Bishop Parkway in Myrtle Beach on March 17 in reference to someone needing an escort, according to the report. The officer who arrived on the scene wrote that a woman needed assistance getting her belongings out of her house.
She and an unnamed person had been recently engaging in verbal arguments, the report said. Boles confirmed to The Sun News that the woman and man referenced in the report are Anderson and Osborne, respectively.
Anderson allegedly told Osborne she was going to leave him. When asked by officers if there was anything else going on, she insisted that it was verbal and that “she just needed some space.”
Two officers then escorted Anderson to her and Osborne’s residence in the Forestbrook area where they discovered that her car appeared was blocked in by another car and her keys were missing. Osborne was not home at the time, according to the report.
The officers offered to have the car that was blocking hers towed, but Anderson told them she planned on leaving when Osborne got back and moved the car.
“I questioned again if there was anything more going on and she would not give me any details other than it was verbal,” an officer wrote in the report. “She was also stating if she said anything, she would go to jail.”
The officer wrote that he generated the report “due to the uncertainty of the situation.” and that there wasn’t enough evidence that a crime had been committed. The report’s details are part of what led Horry County Police to designate Osborne as a person of interest, Boles said.
What happens now?
No one has been charged in Anderson’s case, and Horry County Police has multiple departments working on the investigation, Boles told The Sun News.
On May 25, Osborne was taken into custody by Wilmington Police Department due to unrelated warrants in Brunswick County. Osborne is also listed as an inmate at the New Hanover County Detention Facility, according to online records.
A Brunswick County judge issued the warrant in April 2025, according to court records.
One of the warrants alleges that Osborne violated the order by “harassing the victim” to drop the domestic violence protective order against him. Osborne is accused of sending messages to the victim’s daughter and neighbor.
Both the Horry County Police Department and Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to ask residents in both counties to contact law enforcement with any information they may have related to Anderson’s disappearance.
The police department has received “numerous tips” since it first posted about Anderson's disappearance on May 29, Boles said. The two agencies are working together on the investigation.
The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, in a Facebook post on June 15, said it was seeking any camera or video footage that may have captured Osborne’s red Ford F-150 pickup truck in North Carolina near Green Swamp Road, Green Swamp Preserve, U.S. Highway 214, U.S. Highway 211 and other areas on May 14 and May 15.
Investigators believe Brunswick County residents may be able to help assist in the investigation, the post said.
Police are encouraging residents in Horry and Brunswick counties to contact the Horry County Police Department Tip Line at 843-915-8477.
