BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — The body of a man who was reported missing last June was found this month, according to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office on Friday.
The sheriff’s office says on Jan. 11, deputies and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations conducted a search in a wooded area near Kayla’s Ridge Road in Connelly Springs and found a body that they believed belonged to Philip Donald Carter.
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Carter was reported missing on June 22. According to Burke County, Carter was last seen walking on Hubert Lane in Connelly Springs near Will Hudson Road.
Carter’s cause of death wasn’t given, but the sheriff’s office says the investigation is still active.
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