IDing body could take weeksDeputy coroner: Woman found off U.S. 17A 'a homicide' By Noah Haglund (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
MONCKS CORNER — Berkeley County authorities said a woman whose body was found Monday in the woods near U.S. Highway 17A in Berkeley County was slain up to two weeks earlier. Her identity has not been confirmed, and officials will submit DNA samples for testing. "We definitely know it's a homicide," Berkeley County Deputy Coroner George Oliver said Tuesday. "We can't disclose the results of the autopsy at this time because the case is under investigation." The state of decomposition and lack of clues at the scene mean authorities will likely need DNA testing to confirm the identity, county Coroner Glenn Rhoad said earlier. Oliver said test results could take between a few days and a month. A man on a bicycle discovered the remains in some woods between Cypress Gardens and Oakley roads around 9:45 a.m. Monday. Dan Moon, public information officer for the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, said the man was questioned after the discovery. On Tuesday, Moon could not say how the man fit into the investigation. The body was found near the home of a 45-year-old woman missing since earlier this month. On May 6, a friend reported seeing Teresa Jo Moore walking toward Moncks Corner along U.S. 17A, also called Live Oak Drive in that area. She was accompanied by a man on a bicycle. Her family members watched Monday near the scene as the body was removed. They had been distributing fliers with her photograph since her disappearance. People close to Moore, who goes by Terry, suspect that medicine she took to treat epilepsy might have contributed to her wandering off. Reach Noah Haglund at 937-5550 or nhaglund@postand courier.com. |
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Posted by luvmydogs59 on May 21, 2008 at 1:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I posted this in yesterdays article, but I posted very late at night after most would read the comments, so I'm reposting this to shed a little light on this case:
I very recently spoke to a friend who has been a neighbor for a long time of Terry and her family. She told me that there were always a lot of fights going on at the house and that the family of Terry told her that they wanted to get her out of the house and get rid of her because they hated her. They stole her money, medications, etc., and witheld food...my friend told me that Terry would go to my friends mothers home to eat a few times a week. She was severely underweight from lack of food and was having problems because the family would not give her access to her medicine. She also had psychiatric problems as well as epilepsy and was denied her medication by her family for that condition.
The family also told my friend that they weren't going to even report it. That's why it took so long for the authorities to find out she was missing. My friend ended up calling the police to find out if they knew anything and was told that nobody had filed any kind of missing persons report.
I guarantee that nothing will be done to her family who contributed to Terry's disappearance. It's a shame...a damn shame!!
Posted by luvmydogs59 on May 21, 2008 at 1:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just wanted to clarify...My friend said that the family told her these things many times way before Terry ever went missing and Terry herself told my friend that her money and medication was being stolen and that they wouldn't let her eat. Regarding the fights in the house, my friend said that the police were out there a number of times for domestic violence involving Terry's husband and brother.
I'm sure the "grieving" family is putting on quite a show for the public, who will never know what they are really like.
Again....a damn shame!
Posted by Chief_SittingBull on May 21, 2008 at 3:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The “neighbor” of the family you know was certainly no “friend” at all. They had an obligation to report the harm that was being done to Terry…the fights and the medication being stolen were grounds for intervention. I hate people like the “neighbors of Terry.” Sure they fed her when she was hungry, but they sat back and did nothing to get to the crux of this woman’s problems, which according to you was abuse in many ways.
Beware with “friends/neighbors” like them no one can afford to have enemies.
Additionally, the husband and friend had a weird reaction to the “man on the bike”…they along with “the Hispanic man” need to be investigated a little further.
Posted by ColdBeer on May 21, 2008 at 8:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
As I said in the last article, this one just reads way too odd. I am not blaming the family, as I don't know them or any facts beyond what is in the paper, but I would not be surprised to see one of them arrested for this.
My gut feeling tells me that someone just got rid of a difficult burden in a way that they "thought" best, for what ever reason (insurance?).
Posted by sherlock on May 21, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
perhaps the neighbor is the one that contacted police so many times and became frustrated that there was nothing that could be done. perhaps the police wnat a whole lot more evidence before actually doing anything to stop or prevent harm. if nothing else the woman should have been taken into protective custody bt dss if police went there and found that the lady was hungry and without meds etc.
Posted by My_50Cents_Worth on May 21, 2008 at 1:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Chief,
I’m with you on the neighbors. Great time to really start talking about this woman’s suffering if , in fact, the above allegations are true. It’s a really sad story. I find it odd that she was so close to home and no one realized it.
Her suffering is over now…
Posted by luvmydogs59 on May 21, 2008 at 7:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My friend did contact the police quite a few times over the situations that were going on over there. As sherlock said, she was told that they couldn't do anything. She did report everything that she was told by Terry. The police said that unless Terry called, they couldn't get involved. Which is a load of crap in my opinion. But my friend did everything she could, which in the end, because of the police policy, didn't help at all.