FAMILY’S WORST FEARS CONFIRMED: B0DY FOUND IDENTIFIED AS MISSING PERSONAL TRAINER AS CHILLING DOORBELL FOOTAGE RAISES NEW QUESTIONS
The search for missing personal trainer Elena Moore ended in tragedy after the Lexington County Coroner’s Office confirmed that a body found in a wooded area matched her identity.
Elena Katherine Moore, 39, disappeared after she checked in at the Planet Fitness in Lexington, South Carolina on June 12.
Nearly one week after her disappearance, police uncovered a body near Old Cherokee Road and Northlake Drive wearing the same clothes as Moore when she vanished.
According to the Coroner’s Office, an autopsy was scheduled for Saturday. More details on the cause and manner of the trainer’s death are expected to be released on June 22.
This new development follows shocking surveillance footage that showed Moore leaving her gym in a daze.
One week before she went missing, Moore was caught by a doorbell camera about half a mile from the gym, appearing confused as she tried to enter a stranger’s home.
The footage, first obtained by NewsNation, showed a DoorDash driver delivering food at the door before Moore, wearing black clothes and oversized sunglasses, who picked up the order and handed it to the couple living there.
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A body wearing the same clothes that Moore had on the day she went missing was found Wednesday in the wooded areas on Old Cherokee Road
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A body wearing the same clothes that Moore had on the day she went missing was found Wednesday in the wooded areas on Old Cherokee Road
Doorbell camera caught the moment that Moore collected a couple’s DoorDash order and appeared confused as she tried walking into their home
Moore can be seen briefly interacting with a DoorDash driver, who asked to take a picture of the order and thanked her before leaving.
Moments later, Moore held the plastic bag with the order in one hand and reads through the receipt with the other.
She appeared to be muttering to herself before the door was opened and the order is collected.
Moore briefly seemed to try to walk into the home before the door was shut in her face, leaving her outside in the hallway.
Resident John Moore, of no relation, said the missing woman ‘seemed really confused and disoriented about where she was or whatever she was doing.’
Sarah Burleson, John Moore’s wife, told NewsNation that she later saw the missing woman going through a neighbor’s packages.
Moore allegedly told Burleson that she did not know what she was doing.
Surveillance footage from the gym showed Moore talking to the front desk staff and wearing an olive green zip–up hoodie with black athletic pants.
After that, Moore was observed walking toward the wooded area behind the nearby Lowe’s Home Improvement Store at 9.17pm.
That was the last time she was seen, according to police. She was reported missing by her husband, Brannon Slice, 47, the following day.
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Moore’s husband, 47-year-old Brannon Slice, reported her missing one day after she was last sighted
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Elena Katherine Moore, 39, vanished last week after signing in at the Planet Fitness gym in Lexington, South Carolina
On Wednesday, Lexington police said they had received a report claiming that Moore had been spotted walking toward the woods near Lakeside Middle School, roughly more than one mile from where she was last seen.
It is not known what Moore may have been doing in that wooded area where the still unidentified body was found.
Another of Moore’s friends, Justin Robertson, previously told the Daily Mail that she is a beloved member of their community.
‘Elena is well loved amongst our community, she loves the outdoors, the lake, and has a passion for life,’ Robertson said.
‘She stands firm in her beliefs whether it’s the popular thing or not,’ he added.
SOURCE: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15917001/elena-moore-south-carolina-personal-traainer-dead-body-confirmed.html
