Durham, NC – Durham Police confirm that a body found in the back seat of a Jeep Compass on block 1300 on E. Club Blvd. in Durham on Wednesday is that of a missing man from South Carolina.
Lexington, SC, county officials identified the missing man as Mark Anthony Carter, 50. He was last seen leaving a family member’s home on January 29 in Lexington County.
The vehicle was located outside Chandler’s Towing. The company picked up the vehicle as abandoned, but when it got back to the trailer, it found the man in the back seat and called the police.
Carter’s family doesn’t know why he would be in Durham. The investigation is still ongoing.