Missing North Carolina Woman, 58, Found Dead As Sex Offender Is Charged Over Her Murder

A North Carolina female who investigators judge was abducted from her location was recovered dead, and a registered sex offender has been charged pinch her kidnapping and murder.

Robin M. Doyle, 58, of Hickory, was reported missing aft a family personnel past saw her connected Monday. Authorities judge she was taken from her location nan adjacent time aft her father, pinch whom she lived, woke up to find her missing, her car still successful nan driveway and nan backmost doorway near open, according to WSOC.

Doyle’s assemblage was recovered connected Friday day successful a wooded area successful northwestern Catawba County, nan Catawba County Sheriff’s Office said. The agency said it was not releasing Doyle’s origin of decease arsenic of Friday afternoon, while nan mode of decease is suspected to beryllium homicide.

Investigators identified Leroy Allen Loper, 54, a registered activity offender, arsenic a personification of liking successful Doyle’s disappearance. Loper was arrested Wednesday successful Surry County, astir 60 miles from Doyle’s home, connected unrelated activity offender registry violations. Doyle was not recovered astatine nan location wherever Loper was taken into custody, officials said.

Following nan find of Doyle’s body, Loper was charged pinch felony murder, first-degree kidnapping and concealment of decease successful relationship pinch her abduction and death, nan sheriff’s agency announced connected Friday night.

Evidence collected during nan investigation, including a bra recovered adjacent her location and zip ties successful her yard, suggests Doyle was taken against her will. Surveillance footage and witnesser reports besides showed a reddish conveyance speeding distant from Doyle’s neighborhood, starring authorities to Loper’s 2015 reddish Kia Optima. Similar zip ties were later recovered wrong nan vehicle, investigators said.

Loper has erstwhile felony convictions for first-degree kidnapping and second-degree forcible intersexual offense, according to nan sheriff’s office. He remains successful custody astatine nan Catawba County Detention Facility without enslaved and is scheduled to look successful Catawba County District Court connected Monday.

Catawba County Sheriff Don Brown expressed nan agency’s condolences to Doyle’s family pursuing nan charges.

"We are profoundly saddened for Robin Doyle's family arsenic they proceed to strengthen an unimaginable loss,” Brown said successful a statement Friday night. “While today's charges people a important measurement successful this investigation, they cannot undo nan symptom this family has suffered. The acts successful this lawsuit correspond axenic evil, and those responsible will beryllium held afloat accountable nether nan law. This investigation remains active, and we will proceed pursuing each truth until justness is afloat served."

Investigators are continuing to look into Loper’s movements astir nan clip of Doyle’s disappearance. Anyone who saw him aliases his car betwixt July 27 and July 29 is asked to interaction nan sheriff's office. Loper whitethorn person traveled done some Catawba and Surry counties during that time, officials said.