MT. PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) - A Mt. Pleasant man is dead and
his fiancé is still missing. After investigators discovered the body of
34-year-old David Hedrick police are focusing their efforts on finding
his fiancé, 30-year-old Dara Watson. Police say it is too early to link
these cases together.
On Friday, police found Hedrick's body inside
the couple's home on North Creek Drive in Mt. Pleasant. That same
afternoon, police say they found the SUV belonging to Watson, who had
been reported missing. The SUV was found burned up in the woods, but
there was no sign of Watson.
"The vehicle was towed and we're searching it for evidence," said Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Harry Sewell.
Search dogs, a forensics unit, Charleston
County sheriff's deputies and Mt. Pleasant police all searched the
wooded area off Halfway Creek Road where Watson's SUV was found.
Even though these two incidents took place within hours of each other, police say it's too soon to link them together.
"At this point it's an active investigation,"
Sewell said. "We're trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Nothing is more important than finding Watson."
Watson was last seen on Monday in Boone, NC by her mother. No one has heard from her since Wednesday.
According to cell phone records, a text
message was sent from her phone to her boss saying she was fine. A call
was made from her phone at 7:30 p.m. that same night in
If you have any information on where Watson could be, please call Mt. Pleasant police at 884-4176.
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