What happened to her?
If you raise this question in Manteo on Roanoke Island at the edge of the Outer Banks, people will think you are asking about Virginia Dare. In 1587, she was the first English child born in North America.
But John Raileyâs new book, âThe Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland,â asks that same question about Holland. She was a 19-year-old mountain girl from Canton, a student at Campbell College and a make-up artist working in the summer production of Paul Greenâs outdoor drama, âThe Lost Colony.â
An enthusiastic worker, always on time, Holland failed to show up for work on the evening of July 1, 1967.