UPDATE: Murder victim found near Boat House identified

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By Greg Baldwin
By Navideh Forghani nforghani@nbcaugusta.com
By Dustin Blanchard

Story Published: Sep 11, 2009 at 10:22 AM EDT

Story Updated: Sep 11, 2009 at 11:39 PM EDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Richmond County Sheriff's Office has identified a body found near the Boat House off of Riverfront Drive in Augusta.

The Richmond County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Teresa McElderry. She was 53 and from the Evans/Augusta area. Investigators say she was homeless.

McElderry's family tells 26 News she was a loving person, who was the life of every party.

But they say she had recently fallen on hard times.

Workers at the Master's Table soup kitchen say McElderry has regularly come for meals for years. They say she was polite and kept to herself.

Investigators tell NBC Augusta 26 News someone flagged a deputy down to notify them after finding McElderry's body on a dirt road Friday morning.

The coroner tells 26 News she was killed sometime overnight. Investigators are trying to figure out whether she was killed at the location or if her body was brought there.

This is Richmond County's 20th homicide this year and there were 20 this time last year.

 


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Monday, Nov 23 at 2:05 PM Anonymous wrote ...

This is a relative of mines, My Prayers are that she is in peace and that they find out who was responsible her death...Rest in Peace Tassygal...

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Saturday, Sep 12 at 4:10 PM TK3 wrote ...

Lets hope the police devote as much effort to solve her death as they do others.

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