The search for missing personal trainer Elena Moore has ended in heartbreak, with the Lexington County Coroner’s Office confirming that remains discovered in a wooded area have been identified as hers.
Elena Katherine Moore, 39, was last seen after checking in at a Planet Fitness location in Lexington, South Carolina, on June 12.
Almost a week after she disappeared, investigators found a body near Old Cherokee Road and Northlake Drive. Authorities said the person was wearing clothing matching what Moore had on when she went missing.
The Coroner’s Office said an autopsy was set for Saturday. Additional information about the cause and manner of Moore’s death is expected to be released on June 22.
The confirmation comes after troubling surveillance video emerged showing Moore appearing disoriented after leaving the gym.
About a week before she vanished, a doorbell camera recorded Moore roughly half a mile from the gym, where she appeared confused while attempting to enter a home that was not hers.
The video, first obtained by NewsNation, showed a DoorDash driver dropping off food at the residence. Moore, dressed in black and wearing oversized sunglasses, then picked up the delivery and handed it to the couple who lived there.
A body wearing clothing that matched what Moore had on when she disappeared was found Wednesday in a wooded area along Old Cherokee Road.
A body wearing the same clothes that Moore had on the day she went missing was found Wednesday in the wooded areas on Old Cherokee Road
Doorbell camera caught the moment that Moore collected a couple’s DoorDash order and appeared confused as she tried walking into their home
Moore can be seen briefly interacting with a DoorDash driver, who asked to take a picture of the order and thanked her before leaving.
Moments later, Moore held the plastic bag with the order in one hand and reads through the receipt with the other.
She appeared to be muttering to herself before the door was opened and the order is collected.
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Moore briefly seemed to try to walk into the home before the door was shut in her face, leaving her outside in the hallway.
Resident John Moore, of no relation, said the missing woman ‘seemed really confused and disoriented about where she was or whatever she was doing.’
Sarah Burleson, John Moore’s wife, told NewsNation that she later saw the missing woman going through a neighbor’s packages.
Moore allegedly told Burleson that she did not know what she was doing.
Surveillance footage from the gym showed Moore talking to the front desk staff and wearing an olive green zip–up hoodie with black athletic pants.
After that, Moore was observed walking toward the wooded area behind the nearby Lowe’s Home Improvement Store at 9.17pm.
That was the last time she was seen, according to police. She was reported missing by her husband, Brannon Slice, 47, the following day.
Moore’s husband, 47-year-old Brannon Slice, reported her missing one day after she was last sighted
Elena Katherine Moore, 39, vanished last week after signing in at the Planet Fitness gym in Lexington, South Carolina
On Wednesday, Lexington police said they had received a report claiming that Moore had been spotted walking toward the woods near Lakeside Middle School, roughly more than one mile from where she was last seen.
It is not known what Moore may have been doing in that wooded area where the still unidentified body was found.
Another of Moore’s friends, Justin Robertson, previously told the Daily Mail that she is a beloved member of their community.
‘Elena is well loved amongst our community, she loves the outdoors, the lake, and has a passion for life,’ Robertson said.
‘She stands firm in her beliefs whether it’s the popular thing or not,’ he added.
