Missing South Carolina woman found dead in North Carolina woods

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (WSPA) – The physique of a lacking South Carolina girl was present in Rutherford County on Monday morning.

In accordance with the Greenville County, S.C., Sheriff’s Workplace, Edna Suttles went lacking on August 27, 2021.

Based mostly on video surveillance from the day Suttles went lacking, investigators found that early that morning, a person, recognized as Daniel Printz, had his Chevy Cruze parked subsequent to Suttles’ Jeep in a Meals Lion parking zone.

When Daniel Printz walked out of the Meals Lion, he walked by her Jeep, grabbed a bag from his automobile and jumped into the entrance passenger seat of her Jeep.

The 2 drove off, finally returning to the parking zone.

After they returned, Printz was driving. He obtained out and obtained into his Chevy and parked it subsequent to Suttles’ Jeep. He then assisted her into his automobile.

Printz left her in his automobile, drove her Jeep to Greatest Western’s parking zone and wiped down the Jeep earlier than strolling away. He walked again to his car and drove off with an apparently immobile Suttles.

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Workplace recognized Printz who bought yogurt in Meals Lion when he scanned his frequent shopper card. GCSO obtained an arrest warrant for grand larceny based mostly on video surveillance.

Throughout an interview, Printz said he might take regulation enforcement to the situation of Suttles “inside three ft.”

Investigators discovered the physique of Suttles round 10:00 a.m. Monday in a wooded space off of Harris Holly Springs Highway in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

This case is underneath investigation by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of South Carolina and the thirteenth circuit solicitor’s workplace.