Body Found in Wooded Area of Robeson County

A body was found in a wooded area on Tom M. Road near the Rowland community in Robeson County yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said deputies received information that lead them to the area and sent out three different search teams. One of those teams found the badly decomposed body. Deputies have spent the past couple of weeks searching for 42 year old Jessica Lawrence in that area. She has been missing since September 26th. No race or gender has been confirmed yet but the body will be sent to the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh N.C. for identification.