Body found on South Carolina property
after kidnap victim rescued
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[November 05, 2016]
By Gina Cherelus
(Reuters) - Authorities on Friday
discovered a body on a South Carolina property where they were
investigating claims by a woman who was found chained in a storage
container there that there were four bodies buried on the site,
authorities said on Friday.
At least one body was found shortly after noon on a 100-acre property in
the town of Woodruff, northeast of Greenville, Spartanburg County
Coroner Rusty Clevenger said.
"In (the) beginning stages of investigation of one body," Clevenger said
by email. "No other information available I can release right now."
Investigators with cadaver dogs began searching the property on Thursday
after police found Kala Brown, 30, inside the locked container, Sheriff
Chuck Wright of the Spartanburg County police department told a news
conference on Friday morning.
Brown and her boyfriend, Charles Carver, went missing on Aug. 31. A tip
related to the disappearance of the couple, who live in Anderson, about
55 miles (89 km) southwest of Greenville, led police to the Woodruff
property.
Carver, 32, was still missing, and police were looking for him and
evidence related to the kidnapping, Wright said.
The identity of the body discovered on Friday has not been determined,
prosecutor Barry Barnette said on Friday at a hearing for the suspect in
Brown's kidnapping.
Barnette said that Brown witnessed the suspect, Todd Kohlepp, shoot
Carver, according to a video broadcast of the hearing.
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"There are indications that there may be more than one body on the
property, we don't know for sure yet," Barnette added.
Wright said that Brown told investigators "that there's four people
buried on this property.
"I don't know if that's true or not," he said, "but we're willing to
stay here as long as it takes to make sure what she said is either true
or not true."
Police on Thursday arrested Kohlhepp, 45, a registered sex offender who
works as a realtor, on suspicion of kidnapping.
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Todd Kohlhepp, a registered sex offender who has been arrested in
connection with the kidnapping of Kala Brown and Charles David
Carver is shown in this booking photo provided in Spartanburg, South
Carolina, November 3, 2016. Photo courtesy of Spartanburg County
Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS
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Wright said Brown and Kohlhepp knew each other and that her
abduction was "not a random act." He did not specify how they were
acquainted.
Brown, who is being treated at a local hospital, shared information
with police during a brief interview, Wright said without
elaborating.
"We're gonna' let her heal and make sure she's physically and
mentally fine," Wright said.
Brown's family, in a statement to local media, said she is "having
good moments and bad moments” and "needs time to process and begin
to cope with the events that have occurred."
(Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by
Bernard Orr and Leslie Adler)
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