RICEBORO, GA. (THECOUNT) — Missing woman Mandy Morehouse has been found dead following an apparent vehicle crash in Liberty County, Georgia Tuesday evening.
The body of Morehouse, 32, was discovered by a heat seeking helicopter in Riceboro, Georgia Tuesday evening.
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According to reports, Moorhouse was involved in a vehicle crash with an 8-year-old girl who was later was found wandering in the woods.
Authorities say they discovered a vehicle in a ditch but did not immediately locate Moorhouse.
Her body was later found with the use of heat signature technology installed in a Georgia State Police helicopter.
According to Liberty County Sheriff Steve Sikes, the child was allegedly in the woods for the past two days with her mother. The mother reportedly drove her vehicle into a ditch on the dirt road portion of Briar Bay Road.
According to the sheriff, the child says she and her mother exited the crashed vehicle and began walking in the woods. The little girl said her mother became unresponsive, so she left for help.
The sheriff says the child was found walking on a road by an EMT who was metal detecting. The child had scratches and ticks on her but was OK.
“It started as a missing person call yesterday and there was not really an active search at that point because an adult has to be missing for 48 hours. Since then, the child was discovered and the car that was in the ditch was discovered. Found out there was a missing child also, which was not reported, so when the civilian found the young girl, we put two and two together and found out it was the same missing person that Long County was looking for,” Sheriff Sikes said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Riceboro is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. The population was 809 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area – Wikipedia.