Greensboro Police Identify Missing Woman Found Dead on Greenpoint Drive

For more than 90 days after her family last saw her, Monica Lynn Wilkins was simply gone. Her relatives reported her missing to Greensboro police on January 3, 2026, acknowledging they had not seen the 38-year-old since October 2025. The next three months yielded no confirmed sighting.

On April 1, residents near the 4200 block of Greenpoint Drive called police after discovering a body. Officers arrived around 3 p.m. The Greensboro Police Department opened a death investigation.

Six days passed while detectives waited for forensic confirmation. The city issued a public statement about the inquiry on April 7. Then, on April 9, the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh completed its identification: the remains were those of Monica Lynn Wilkins. Her next of kin were notified.

Investigators said a preliminary review did not indicate foul play. But that finding is not the final word. The Medical Examiner's ruling on cause and manner of death has not been released, and that determination will be the pivotal factor shaping what detectives do next. If findings point toward criminal conduct, the department's death investigation unit will begin building a case for prosecution. Until that report is issued, the investigation remains active.

The search for Wilkins had drawn sustained community attention in early 2026. She was described as 5 feet tall and 110 pounds, with "Lumbee" tattooed on the back of her neck and "Leland" on her right wrist. Her family posted a $1,000 reward through Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers for any information on her whereabouts. No tip led investigators to find her alive.

Anyone with information about the circumstances of Wilkins' death is asked to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000 or file an anonymous tip at P3tips.com. The family's reward, once offered in hope, may now help investigators answer the harder question of how she died.