CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (TCN) — Legislation enforcement officers confirmed they’re presuming a 32-year-old girl deceased after she disappeared nearly a yr in the past.
Alana Carroll was reported lacking to the Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace in September. She reportedly had substance abuse issues and “had been staying at varied residences” within the space previous to her disappearance.
Investigators have been trying to find Carroll since she went lacking, however KOIN-TV stories that on Monday, Aug. 5, the sheriff’s workplace launched a press release saying, “We will affirm that we presume Alana Carroll to be deceased and that we proceed to actively examine this case in an effort to find her stays and discern her trigger and method of disappearance.”
The sheriff’s workplace stated they’re pursuing “a number of leads” and have arrested an individual of curiosity, who’s in custody on unrelated costs. The Columbian recognized the particular person of curiosity as Luke Grant.
In keeping with court docket paperwork cited by The Columbian, Carroll’s grandmother reached out to a few of Carroll’s associates within the hopes of finding her shortly after she disappeared. The chums reportedly took her to a location in Battle Floor, and folks there stated they noticed Grant and Carroll leaving collectively.
KOIN, which additionally cites the court docket paperwork, stories Grant allegedly contacted somebody and was “freaking out” as a result of he did not know “what to do with the physique in his trunk.” Officers reportedly imagine Carroll died from an overdose between August and October.
Grant allegedly advised the particular person on the telephone, “I feel she’s useless. I do not actually know.”
Grant reportedly offered his automobile on Sept. 11, 2023, to an auto elements vendor. It was transferred to a different location and “shredded” a couple of month later. Carroll’s stays are nonetheless lacking.
Grant has not but been charged for something associated to Carroll’s presumptive loss of life.
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