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North Carolina police ID pregnant woman's remains20-year-old had been missing since February
BURLINGTON, North Carolina (CNN) -- Police have identified a dismembered body found in a trash can along a creek bed as that of a pregnant woman reported missing last month. April Renee Greer, 20, was 7 1/2 months pregnant when her mother, who lives in Florida, reported her missing March 8. She was last seen February 21 in the parking lot of a local restaurant, driving an SUV that was not hers, said Burlington police Maj. Randy Jones. Police made the announcement Tuesday, a day after a farmer found the large plastic trash can stuffed with what he thought were animal remains. Jones said it's believed the trash can washed up along the creek bed during recent flooding. The farmer told the sheriff's department, which identified them as human remains and turned them over to the medical examiner. Jones said the remains were identified quickly because the victim wore a class ring inscribed with her name, and had an identifying surgical scar and a surgical plate in her ankle. "There was some degree of dismembering, and we're not releasing a lot of details on that at this point," Jones said. So far, he said, police have few leads. "She did have a boyfriend, [but] he had not been named as a suspect in this," Jones said. "We're not sure they weren't going through a breakup. There are several issues that are still under review." Greer had an outstanding warrant for her arrest because of a bad check, he said, and that is also under investigation. The real question, Jones said, is the vehicle Greer was seen driving in February. He said the green Ford Explorer could be key to determining whether her disappearance was voluntary. "After that point, she was not seen by anybody else," Jones said. Greer, a hostess at a Cracker Barrel restaurant, was due in early to mid-April, Jones said. District Attorney Rob Johnson said he does not consider the Greer case a double homicide. "A fetus must be born, and be born alive, and then expire for it to be a murder," Johnson said. The Alamance County Sheriff's Department is leading the investigation, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is also involved, Jones said. Alamance County lies between Greensboro and Durham along Interstates 40 and 85.
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