BODY OF MISSING WOMAN LOCATED

Hillsborough, NC (July 7, 2025)- Crews searching for a missing Person County woman found her body this afternoon at approximately 5:00 pm.

The woman went missing while on her way to work last night in Orange County during the heavy rainfall from tropical storm Chantal.  When Orange County deputies searched her vehicle early this morning, which they located on Wilkerson Road near Whitetail Run in the Cedar Grove community of Orange County, it was unoccupied.

Search efforts continued throughout the day until members of the South Orange Rescue squad located the woman’s body this evening.

Sheriff Charles Blackwood said, “Obviously, we hoped for a different outcome. We offer our deepest condolences to the victim’s family, friends, and colleagues at this terribly sad time, and we ask for people to give them privacy as they process this tragedy.”

The woman’s name will be released at a later time.

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