Weeks before a body matching her description was found, a missing South Carolina fitness trainer told her best friend she was “scared for her life.”
A person fitting the description of Elena Katherine Moore, 39, was found dead on Wednesday afternoon in Lexington, South Carolina, after she went missing on June 11. She was last seen after leaving a Planet Fitness gym in Lexington.
While the body hasn’t yet been identified, the Lexington Police Department said the body “fits the clothing description of our missing person.”
Sondra Campbell, who was close friends with Moore, told Fox News Digital that something felt “very different” the last time she saw her on May 31.
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“She was scared for her life. She actually said those words to me,” Campbell said. “Elena is one of my best friends. I’ve known her over probably 10 years now. We’re really close like tell each other everything. She’s been that person for me for a long time.”
When Campbell asked what was wrong, Moore said she wanted to discuss it in private.
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“I can’t talk to you right now. There’s too many people around. She’s like, but we’ve got to talk one-on-one,” Campbell recalled Moore saying.
Campbell said she missed a call from Moore on June 4, and tried to call and text her back with no response. She also said it’s unlike Moore to be walking alone at night.
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“Elena was such a good person and I think we’re just all just trying to wrap our head around this, but my friend would not be alone walking at nighttime. She just wouldn’t be, it’s not her,” Campbell said.
Since police found a body, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has been tasked with determining the cause of death.
According to LPD Chief Terrence Green, authorities found the body Wednesday after getting a tip that led investigators to a new search location.
“At approximately 2:48 p.m. we found an unidentified body that fits the clothing description of our missing person. We are still waiting on the coroner to identify her,” Green said.
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The body found was wearing a “similar green outfit” that matched what Moore was wearing as she was seen on security video before she went missing, Green added.
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Formal identification will be released by the coroner, he said.
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Moore was last seen walking through the Publix parking lot at 100 Old Cherokee Road in Lexington on the night of June 11.
Before she went missing, her social media was inactive for around a month, which Lauren Beasley, a friend of Moore’s, said isn’t normal.
“She is very active on social media so her going radio silent for the last month is out of character,” she said.
Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu contributed to this report.
