Authorities Still Waiting to ID Woman's Remains

Investigators are still trying to determine the identity of a woman whose body was found in Laurens County, but a breakthrough could come soon.

Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said he expects to have dental records and DNA data that could identify the woman soon, according to The Greenville News (subscription required). An autopsy on the woman, whose body had been exposed for several days before being found, failed to identify her.

“I hope we’re getting close to knowing who we have, but right now we don’t know,” Nichols told the paper.

The autopsy found that the woman died as the result of a shotgun blast to the neck, Nichols said.

Greenville County investigators are awaiting the results in hopes of determining whether or not the woman found in a field in Gray Court is that of Myranda Whisenant Southern, or perhaps another missing person.

Southern, of Taylors, was last seen at her employer, Charter Communications, in Simpsonville on Aug. 19. She was supposed to leave for Zellwood, Fla. to pick up her two children from relatives, but never arrived and has not been seen or heard from since.