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NCF080313; Edgecombe County
Topic Started: Apr 9 2008, 02:13 AM (117 Views)
Dianne Rose
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Woman's Body Found In Edgecombe County Save Email Print

Posted: 5:26 PM Mar 13, 2008
Last Updated: 5:27 PM Mar 13, 2008
Reporter: Bill Wilson

A woman's body was found this afternoon in Edgecombe County.

A local farmer called the sheriff's department just before 2:00 p.m. He told deputies that while walking down an electric fence he noticed the body some 40 feet inside the woods.


The location is on Seven Bridges Road, between Whitakers and Battleboro.

The sheriff's department says it appears to be a female, approximately 5'3' to 5'4" inches tall. The weight and race of the woman has not yet been determined.

The body is being sent to the Medical Examiner's
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Body Found in Edgecombe County Woods

Posted: Mar. 14, 2008

Tarboro, N.C. — Edgecombe County sheriff's investigators said Friday they are investigating the discovery of a body found in a wooded area off Seven Bridges Road between Whitakers and Battleboro.

The sheriff's office received a call about 1:58 p.m. from a local farmer who said he was taking down an electric fence on the property when he noticed the female body approximately 40 feet inside the wood line.

The woman appeared to be approximately 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall. Sheriff James Knight said investigators were awaiting a cause of death from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill.

Last August, authorities found the body of Jackie Nikelia Thorpe, 35, who was last seen May 8 on Carolina Avenue in Rocky Mount. But a cause of death was never determined.

Neighbors said the location where Thorpe was found was about a half-mile away from the body found Thursday.

Some are concerned the two bodies are not a coincidence.

"I would like to see them determine what has happened in this case and why this is occurring in this area," said one resident who did not want to be identified."

Knight said both cases are being treated as homicides but would not say if they were connected.

He urged anyone who lives nearby to keep an eye on the cars driving in the area and for any suspicious activity
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Published March 31, 2008 10:44 am -

Woman’s body remains unidentfied


Sherry Brunson
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Edgecombe County Sheriff James Knight said he hopes soon to know the identification of a woman whose body was found March 13 in Edgecombe County.


A farmer, who had been taking down an electric fence, noticed the body approximately 40 feet inside a wooded area near his field off Seven Bridges Road between Whitakers and the Battleboro community.

The Sheriff's Office was unable to determine the age, weight or race of the woman at that time due to decomposition. The remains were sent to the state's chief medical examiner for forensic identification.

"We sent an X-ray of what we believe to be the victim, which we thought would be enough to identify her," Knight said, "but we received word this week that it wasn't enough. We had to then swab the mouth of the victim's mother for DNA and take DNA material from the body to see if the two matched. We should receive the results in approximately two weeks."

Knight said several females have been reported missing in Edgecombe County, and he declined to speak further out of respect for the families.

"It wouldn't be right to get someone's hope up," he said. "So we will not say anything until the body is positively identified."


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Woman's Body Found In Edgecombe County Identified
Last Updated: 10:42 AM May 2, 2008

A body found a month and a half ago by a local farmer in Edgecombe County has been identified.

The farmer called the sheriff's department March 13th after he noticed the woman's body some 40 feet inside the woods. It happened on Seven Bridges Road, between Whitakers and Battleboro.


Today the sheriff's department says the body was that of Ernestine Battle, 50, of Rocky Mount.

The sheriff says the cause of the woman's death has not yet been determined.
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Dead woman identified
Body was found on March 13

Thanks to DNA evidence, a woman's body found in a Whitakers woods on March 13 has a name.

Ernestine Battle, 50, of 619 Branch St. in Rocky Mount, was identified as the missing woman.

Authorities were unable to tell the age or race of the woman due to decomposition at the time of discovery.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office first checked to see who was reported missing in the area, then called the mother of one of the women to ask for her help.

"We had to take a DNA swab of her mouth for identification," said Sheriff James Knight. "Then it had to be sent to a lab for analysis."

The body was sent to the N.C. Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill for evaluation. The DNA procedure took approximately three weeks.

Knight said the cause of death is not known at this time.

"We don't know anything about the victim at this time, or what type of work she did," Knight said. "We are treating it as a homicide. We do not have any suspects at this time, but the investigation is continuing."

Knight said there is no one reported missing in Edgecombe County at this time.

Battle's body was found out in the country, in a woods off Seven Bridges Road, between the Battleboro community and Whitakers.

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Published May 02, 2008 10:49 am -

Missing woman had criminal record


Sherry Brunson
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Ernestine Battle, whose decomposed body was found March 13 in rural Edgecombe County, was on probation for drug charges when she was reported missing last January, but she had a history of prostitution and crime.

Records from the state Department of Correction show Battle was convicted of having drug paraphernalia and drug possession, a misdemeanor, on March 5, 2007, in Edgecombe County. She was given a suspended sentence and placed on 12 months probation.

According to records, Battle's record began in 1999, and was filled with convictions for prostitution, breaking and entering, misdemeanor larceny and other drug charges.

Reports indicate she was unemployed when she was reported missing in early February.

"Coretta Battle, whom we believe is her sister, reported her missing Feb. 3, but she had been missing several days before that," said Detective Sgt. Don Mosely of the Rocky Mount Police Department, who has partnered with the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office in the ongoing investigation. "She was last seen around the Family Dollar Store on Cokey Road in Rocky Mount."

Battle's body was found six weeks later, on March 13, on Seven Bridges Road, between Whitakers and the Battleboro community.

The body was sent to the N.C. Chief Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill for evaluation, but officials eventually needed DNA evidence for the identification, which was obtained by a DNA sample from her mother. Approximately three and a half weeks later, a DNA sample gave a face to the body.

Sheriff James Knight said Battle's death is considered a homicide, and is continuing the investigation.

Anyone with information that may lead to an arrest in this case is asked to call the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office at 641-7911.


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