The body of a missing 32-year-old southeast Georgia mother was found last night in rural Liberty County.
According to the Coastal News Service, Mandy Morehouse's body was found just before dark. Her 8-year-old daughter was found earlier in the day, wandering in the woods, according to Liberty County Sheriff Steve Sikes.
According to Sikes, the child said she and her mother were involved in a car wreck earlier in the week.
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“It started as a missing person call yesterday and there was not really an active search at that point because an adult has to be missing for 48 hours,” Sikes told local reports. “Since then, the child was discovered and the car that was in the ditch was discovered.
“We found out there was a missing child also, which was not reported, so when the civilian found the young girl, we put two and two together and found out it was the same missing person that Long County was looking for,” Sikes said.
Sikes said Morehouse and her daughter left the vehicle and began walking in the woods. The little girl said her mother became unresponsive, so she left for help.
The sheriff said the girl was found walking on a road by an EMT who was metal detecting. The child had scratches and ticks on her but was OK.
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Morehouse’s body was found later via heat signature technology used from a state patrol helicopter.
