Body In Towed Car, Relatives of a Clayton woman said Tuesday that her body was found in her car days after it ran off a highway and was towed off.
Carolyn Ann Watkins’ 2000 Pontiac Sunfire was found in a watery ditch, down a steep embankment off Swift Creek Road, about 4 miles southwest of Smithfield on Friday and was towed to an impound lot, according to a report from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The report states “no driver (was) at the scene of this collision.”
Watkins, 62, was last seen Thursday, and her family started searching for her on Saturday, said her son, Algernon Parker. After the family reported her missing to the Smithfield Police Department on Monday, when she failed to show up at work, authorities found her body in the driver’s seat of the Sunfire.
“They were looking for her pocketbook and the keys, and when they started searching, that’s when they found the body in the car,” Parker said.
The Highway Patrol didn’t explain to the family why Watkins’ wasn’t seen in the car earlier.
“They didn’t do their job properly, and we want some answers,” Parker said.
Carolyn Ann Watkins’ 2000 Pontiac Sunfire was found in a watery ditch, down a steep embankment off Swift Creek Road, about 4 miles southwest of Smithfield on Friday and was towed to an impound lot, according to a report from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The report states “no driver (was) at the scene of this collision.”
Watkins, 62, was last seen Thursday, and her family started searching for her on Saturday, said her son, Algernon Parker. After the family reported her missing to the Smithfield Police Department on Monday, when she failed to show up at work, authorities found her body in the driver’s seat of the Sunfire.
“They were looking for her pocketbook and the keys, and when they started searching, that’s when they found the body in the car,” Parker said.
The Highway Patrol didn’t explain to the family why Watkins’ wasn’t seen in the car earlier.
“They didn’t do their job properly, and we want some answers,” Parker said.