Law enforcement pledged support and cooperation today to help intensify the search for six missing people in Halifax and Northampton counties.

Tony Burnette, president of the Northampton County Chapter of the NAACP, said a meeting was held at the Northampton County Sheriff's Office in Jackson with some of the family members of the missing as well as representatives from the Halifax County Sheriff's Office and Roanoke Rapids Police Department.

Today's meeting served as a followup to a prayer vigil held in March for the missing, Burnette said.

Commitments to come out of the meeting included billboards in Northampton and Halifax counties showing the photos of the six missing people: Shawn Alston; Robert Moore: Shonda Stansbury: Amy Bridgeman; Jalesa Reynolds and Daniel Moses.

Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Chuck Hasty said he has already sent out a letter requesting the governor's office post a reward for information on Stansbury.

“A commitment was made to formulate a task force to work on all six cases,” Burnette said. “We made a commitment to write a letter requesting the FBI to come in and assist. I felt we came out of the prayer vigil with momentum moving forward.”

Burnette said the group plans to meet every six weeks. “We're going to continue to support the families. We're committed to stand by these families every step of the way. We're hoping and praying their stories will touch someone's heart and help families find closure.”

Hasty said the police department continues to follow up on all leads.

“The meeting was successful,” Chief Deputy Bruce Temple of the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said. “We had an agenda for the meeting to come up with new ideas on working together. I thought it went very well.”

Northampton County Sheriff Jack Smith was pleased with the meeting. “We're putting all our resources together and working with the NAACP. We're trying to put things in place and looking at getting help from the FBI.”

Smith believes the FBI would be instrumental because it would have more financial resources as well agents specifically trained in searching for missing people. “We certainly want to let the families know we haven't set it aside. We're interested in the cases of all the missing people. Our primary mission is to do what we can for the victims and families.”