Authorities today recovered a body in the Francis Marion National Forest within a few miles of where Dara Watson's burned-out SUV was recovered a little over a week ago.
Mount Pleasant Police Chief Harry Sewell made the announcement around 1 p.m. on Friday after a search party of nearly 80 spent the morning combing the area around the site of the fire.
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Authorities are working now to confirm if the body is that of Watson, who was last seen by her family on Feb. 6 and was reported missing on Feb. 10, said police spokesman Capt. Stan Gragg.
See a timeline and interactive map of Dara Watson's disappearance.
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Police have said they believe Watson's fiance, David Hedrick, played a role in her disappearance. Hedrick committed suicide on Feb. 10, just hours after police contacted him in their missing-person investigation.
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