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NASHVILLE – Authorities confirmed that a missing mother from Nash County had been brutally murdered and that her body had been thrown onto a rural road in Edgecombe County.
"Clearly, there is a killer on the run," said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone at a press conference held Wednesday night.
Diana Alejandra Keel, 38, was reported missing by her family and colleagues late last week. The official report of the missing person was filed Saturday by her husband Lynn Keel.
At that time, Diana Keel was dead, her body decomposing along Pokes Hole Road, four miles from Leggett and a 30-minute drive from her home on Old County Home Road in Nashville.
Lynn Keel is a person of interest for the disappearance and death of his wife, said Stone, adding that Keel had not reported her disappearance for a few days, because she was known to leave two or three days at a time.
The family and colleagues at Wilson Medical Center, where she is a nurse, say Diana Keel never spends more than a day without communicating.
Based on this information, Stone stated that he had borrowed dead dogs from the Greenville police to search for the missing woman.
His body was found Tuesday by a public transport employee.
Lynn Keel was interrogated until about 9 pm when he was released by detectives, Stone added, adding that other suspects or possible accomplices could not be excluded.
Stone said the authorities had already responded to Keel's home for domestic problems.
The 10 year old couple's child lives with parents.
"The most difficult aspect of this case is a 10-year-old son and an 18-year-old girl are without their mother," Stone said.
The family described Diana Keel, from Columbia, as a cheerful and caring mother who would never leave her children alone. His car was parked Saturday in the driveway of his house when the deputy ministers responded to the missing person report.
Lynn Keel's first wife, Elizabeth Bess, Edwards Keel, 42, died in 2006 in the same house.
According to Stone, Diana Keel's homicide is one of two unresolved murders in Nash County, excluding municipalities.
"We are proud to solve these cases," said Stone.
The sheriff's office asks anyone likely to film highways or roads in the area where Diana Keel's body was discovered to come into contact with her detectives. Anyone with information about the investigation can contact the Nash County Sheriff's Office at 252-459-4121 or the Twin County Crime Stoppers at 252-977-1111.
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