WOODRUFF, SC – The Spartanburg County Coroner has been called back to the scene in Woodruff where a woman was found chained up in a storage unit Thursday.
The coroner arrived on the property just before 11 a.m.
The solicitor Barry Barnette says the kidnapping victim told them she saw the suspect, Todd Kohlhepp shoot her boyfriend, Charles Carver.
He says at least one body has been found and he is confident there will be a murder warrant on Kohlhepp.
Kohlhepp has been in custody since Thursday on a kidnapping charge.
Sheriff Chuck Wright says they found Kala Brown, chained up like a dog with a chain around her neck in a 30×15 metal container for two months.
The solicitor says the cargo container had a bed inside with chains for her neck and ankle.
Brown and her boyfriend Charles Carver have been missing from Anderson Co. since August 31.
She told investigators she was being fed.
The hospital operator says Kala Brown has been released from the hospital, but a family friend said she is still in the hospital.
The friend says they are letting Kala leave to get lunch, but she is still there.HOW DID THEY FIND HER?
Deputies heard her banging on the container as they were serving a search warrant.
Anderson Police Chief Jim Stewart said they were pinging Brown’s phone 2 days after she was reported missing.
He says it pinged on the property where Brown was found. The phone went dead after two days.
Two weeks before they were able to get a search warrant for the property, the sheriff’s office flew over the property and saw it was extensive and need to get on the ground.
Anderson Police say from early on they had no indication there was foul play, even with the cell phone pings.
Kala’s friends say she worked with her alleged kidnapper cleaning houses.
Her family has set up a GoFundMe account here.“POSSIBLE SERIAL KILLER”
Sheriff Wright says they may be dealing with a possible serial killer.
Brown told the sheriff there could be four bodies on the property. Sheriff Wright said Friday morning that cadaver dogs alerted to some places on the property, but it’s unclear what they may find until the excavation process begins.MAN IN CUSTODY
Todd Kohlhepp, 45, was on the property when they served the search warrant.
He is listed as property owner of the land where deputies are searching.
He is also listed as a sex offender on the SC registry for a 10/16/1987 conviction in Arizona for kidnapping.
His offender type is listed as Juvenile Tier III.
Court documents show Todd Kohlhepp was 15 when he was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a then 14-year-old girl.
The property is listed as 95.57 acres S SIDE WOFFORD ROAD N OF SC 101 PB -Qualified Agricultural Farm Vacant.
Kohlhepp’s home address is listed as 213 Windsong Way in Moore, SC.
Deputies searched Kohlhepp’s property on Wofford Road around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
There were officers, K-9’s, digging equipment and a helicopter on the scene.