SLED joins probe as body matching missing South Carolina personal trainer's description found

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), which serves arsenic the state’s large crimes unit, joined an probe successful South Carolina connected Wednesday, aft authorities said they discovered a assemblage successful a wooded country wherever a missing pistillate was past seen astir 1 week ago.

The find came pursuing a six-day hunt for Elena Katherine Moore, 39, a idiosyncratic trainer who officials said disappeared Thursday evening aft leaving a Planet Fitness gym successful Lexington.

The Lexington Police Department (LPD) said the assemblage has not yet been formally identified but "fits the covering statement of our missing person."

The lawsuit has since been classified arsenic an progressive decease investigation, prompting SLED to assistance successful determining the origin of decease and confirming the identity.

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Elena Katherine Moore, 39, vanished Thursday aft she was past seen leaving a Planet Fitness gym and walking toward a adjacent wooded country successful Lexington, South Carolina, authorities said. (Lexington Police Department)

According to LPD Chief Terrence Green, authorities located the assemblage Wednesday aft receiving a national extremity that led investigators to behaviour a targeted search.

"At astir 2:48 p.m. we recovered an unidentified assemblage that fits the covering statement of our missing person. We are inactive waiting connected the coroner to place her."

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The assemblage was reportedly wearing a "similar greenish outfit" accordant with what Moore was seen wearing connected surveillance footage the nighttime earlier she disappeared.

Officials said they are inactive awaiting ceremonial recognition from the coroner.

The Lexington County Coroner’s Office said an autopsy volition beryllium scheduled successful the coming days and that the process is expected to instrumentality immoderate time.

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Elena Katherine Moore signed successful astatine the Planet Fitness connected Whiteford Way astir 6:40 p.m. Thursday and was aboriginal seen walking distant from the installation toward a wooded country down a adjacent Lowe's Home Improvement store, authorities said. (Lexington Police Department)

"In notation to the assemblage recovered successful Lexington successful the country of Old Cherokee Road and Northlake Drive. Coroner Margaret Fisher tin corroborate the assemblage of a pistillate matching the covering statement of the missing person, Elena K. Moore has been found," the bureau said successful a statement.

"No affirmative recognition has been made arsenic of this time. We volition await affirmative recognition earlier immoderate further accusation is released. No origin of decease has been determined"

When asked if foul play was suspected, the constabulary said, "Again, it's an progressive probe and we are having SLED analyse that."

Elena Moore disappeared successful Lexington, S.C., connected June 11, 2026. (Lexington Police Department)

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Moore was archetypal reported missing past Friday, prompting a large-scale hunt that included aggregate agencies and the deployment of a drone.

She was past seen Thursday nighttime successful surveillance footage walking done the Publix parking batch astatine 100 Old Cherokee Road.

In the video, she is seen wearing an olive-green zip-up hoodie and achromatic diversion pants, the aforesaid outfit she was reportedly wearing erstwhile she near Planet Fitness.

Authorities said that successful the days starring up to her disappearance, Moore exhibited behaviour that was retired of character, including a abrupt lack and an abrupt alteration successful societal media presence, according to ABC News.