The Vance County Sheriff’s office reports the discovery of the bodies of Robert S. Bullock of Vance County and Kesha L. Smith of Franklin County, NC.
Their bodies were discovered at approximately 10:40 a.m. Saturday (11/24/2018) inside Kerr Lake just off shore of the Satterwhite Point Rd. boat ramp area.
The Vance County Rescue Squad also located a 2008 Buick Lacrosse registered to Smith’s father submerged in the lake.
The manner and cause of death are pending an autopsy by the North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. The death investigation is being lead by the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.
Smith was originally reported missing to the Franklin County Sherriff’s Office on November 19, 2018 and members of the Henderson Police Department had been assisting with the investigation. During the course of that investigation, it was determined that Smith was last seen on November 16, 2018 during the morning hours on Dabney Drive in Henderson.
The couple had been reported missing since November 16th and was last seen off the Raleigh Road area of Henderson, according to the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.
Additional publishable information received by WIZS News indicated that Smith was last known to be in the Satterwhite Point Road area near Vance County Middle School, which is more consistent with the finding of the vehicle and the bodies of the deceased. The facts will continued to sorted and pieced together by area law enforcement.
(This information is compiled from several recent press releases from the HPD and the VCSO and additional publishable sources.)