WALTERBORO — Police have found the body of a missing woman inside a suitcase near an abandoned utility building.
Walterboro police said they found the body of Victoria Jean Beach, 32, on April 10 stuffed into a suitcase near the 200 block of Moore Street.Â
Police identified Beach, a Walterboro resident, on April 11 following an autopsy performed at the Medical University of South Carolina. The results of the autopsy are pending.
The State Law Enforcement Division is involved in the investigation.Â
Beach was reported missing the same day her body was found, according to a news release from the Walterboro Police Department. Police gathered information from people known to be in Beach's company, according to the release. Â
The initial investigation led police to the 200 block of Moore Street, half a mile south of the Colleton County Courthouse and the city's downtown, according to the release.Â
Turn off South Jefferies Boulevard and on to Moore Street and the major thoroughfare turns from concrete to thick vegetation. The road winds until an abandoned Walterboro Water and Light building emerges at 200 Moore St. with its singular street light.
Tucked to the side of the building was an old work shed with one of its doors fallen off the hinges. Lightbulbs, paint cans, a work helmet and other refuse littered the ground of the shed.Â
Police said they encountered a "foul odor of possible decomposition emitting from an abandoned building" and Beach's body inside a suitcase.Â
Anyone with information on the case are asked to contact Sgt. Whitlee Fisk at 843-782-1031.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Victoria Jean Beach's name
