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Body Matching Missing Trainer Elena K. Moore Found in Lexington Woods

An autopsy is under way with the Lexington County coroner and SLED leading the death investigation to confirm identity and cause of death.

Overview

  • Police located an unidentified body that fits Moore’s clothing description on Wednesday after responding to a public tip and searching a wooded area near Old Cherokee Road and North Lake Drive.
  • Moore, 39, was last seen leaving a Planet Fitness in Lexington on June 11 and was captured on surveillance footage later that night wearing an olive-green zip-up hoodie and black workout pants.
  • The Lexington County Coroner’s Office is performing an autopsy and has not released a positive identification or cause of death pending further testing.
  • The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has been asked to assist the local death investigation and investigators say they are reviewing surveillance, phone-data requests, and other forensic leads while treating social-media reports as unverified.
  • Family members reported Moore missing on June 12 and the discovery closes a multiagency search that used ground teams and drones, raising questions about how public tips and routine surveillance combine in missing-person probes and how quickly investigators can move from a search to a forensic death inquiry.