South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but there's no sign of her whereabouts.
Dara Lee Watson, 30, was reported missing by her boss at Verge Solutions on Friday morning. Watson works in the company's accounting department. When police contacted Watson's fiancee, David Hedrick, 34, he said he and Watson had gotten into an argument, authorities said. He said she left Tuesday and hadn't returned. Hedrick said it was not unusual for Watson to take off after an argument, but he was concerned, police said.
Authorities discovered Watson's burned-out 2006 GMC Envoy SUV abandoned in the Francis Marion Forest on Wednesday, two days before she was reported missing.
Over the weekend, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office searched a five-mile radius from the SUV. Nothing of interest was found, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Watson has not used her cellphone since Wednesday evening, police said in a statement. Phone records indicate the phone was using a tower near Venning Road in Mount Pleasant. A message was sent to her boss that night "stating she was fine," police said.
Watson's mother told police she last saw her daughter on Feb. 6, when she stopped for a visit at the family's business in Boone, N.C.
Mount Pleasant police said they are treating Watson's case as a missing person investigation, but haven't ruled out foul play.
Watson is described as a white female, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 127 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Mount Pleasant police at 843-884-4176.
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South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but th...
South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but th...
South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but th...
South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but th...
I am the oldest of 8 sisters and 3 brothers. I love them all. But there is one, her name is Vanessa. If there was ever a sweeter person on earth I have never met them. She died 20 years ago. She was murdered by a former boyfriend. The only facts we know are that he stabbed her many times, and threw her out of a second story window into the alley below. He was easily caught, went to prison for murder and killed himself in prison. I was too distraught to be angry at him. He just did not matter much. She was gone and nothing could bring her back. What has and always will baffle me is what is it about men (or women) that bring them to murder as a solution to a break up? Is it insecurity, pride, ego? I am just being rhetorical, not expecting an answer. I really think it has something to do with our society and the stereotypes we are taught about how a man (or woman), should feel, act, and respond to lifes ups and downs. Some dont seem capable for whatever reason, to live up to these expectations. Its easy to say they were/are mentally ill but I just think theres more to it than that. I pray this lady is still alive, and that this man rests in peace. We know enough to know that there is no possibility for a happy ending to this case.
staneb: I am the oldest of 8 sisters and 3 brothers.
Even though your query is rhetorical there's a very simple answer to your question. I think when men kill their spouses or girlfriends they do it because they are either overcome with extreme anger, and a feeling of "if i can't have you then neither will anybody else". When women do the same it's usually done for financial gain and and has been planned for a long time. That says a boatload doesn't it, something along the lines of don't make men too angry, they can't control their emotions and don't trust women as far as you can throw them.....
jaokguy: Even though your query is rhetorical there's a very simple
Everyone talks about "emotions" but how much do they / you really know about them unless they / you were taught some "intelligence" about "Human Emotions" as a child? A: Sporadic to None at all. (EI) or "Emotional Intelligence" (Awareness and Literacy) is best understood under the microscope of "Neuroscience" and how the mind/amygdala really works. Most of the psychopaths have been taught this selfish behavior from birth by their parents. Many of them actually "believe" based on the "memes" they grew up with, that they have "permission" to do these despicable acts under some type of simplistic justification. There are also those who "justify" that they have been "wronged" and God will be the final Judge in this betrayal. (Homicide before suicide). These sad events will continue to happen as the illiterate population expands exponentially. The only (known) remedy is to educate our children in school to understand their own emotional-psychological makeups. This has been proven that these (types) of behaviors are not in our DNA, but rather they are homegrown (in our minds) and start from (or before) birth. That is where every child learns their patterns (either Negative OR Positive), at home from their parents. I have written a paper on this subject and it is available FREE to anyone who request it "T-II" Emotional Awareness and Literacy.
Timothy_Gega: Everyone talks about "emotions" but how much do they /
This is one of the best responses I have gotten to a post of mine. I never believed it was part of our DNA but must admit I did not think of it as being a learned behavior. Thanks for the response.
staneb: This is one of the best responses I have gotten
Maybe we should wait until ALL of the FACTS are investigated and reported instead of making conjectures. Let this be a warning to males and females-one of the most dangerous moments in anyone's life is when a break-up or separation is fresh-statistics show that, if either party is going turn violent and do the unthinkable, this is when they will act based on raw emotion without forethought and without their conscience directing them to do otherwise. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of both David and Dara-we may never know all of the facts of this case.
scook112793: Maybe we should wait until ALL of the FACTS are
Mt Pleasant police are treating this as a missing persons case but have not ruled out foul play? Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus! he runs the police dept. in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
jt2: Mt Pleasant police are treating this as a missing persons
Burned out vehicle on Wednesday. Talk to boyfriend on Friday? After her Company reports her missing? Why such a gap in the day vehicle found, then interview with boyfriend on Friday?
nancy_kriescher: Burned out vehicle on Wednesday. Talk to boyfriend on Friday?
Sometimes not all missing persons cases are reported in a timely manner. Take the Caylee-Casey Anthony case. We don't know if she was missed or was on vacation. We don't know if people were use to her going for days at a time. And depending on where they found the vehicle, it could of taken days for them to find the vehicle.
Fenrir_Lokison: Sometimes not all missing persons cases are reported in a
South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a Mount Pleasant man who they suspect committed suicide Friday inside the couple's home. The missing woman's burned-out SUV has been found, but there's no sign of her whereabouts.
fiancee' I agree
wcapp: South Carolina police are searching for the fiance of a
What is wrong with "these" people. So....let's see....your relationship hasn't gone well.....so we just kill one another? Get away from one another...and find someone else....something better, real. Sad.
gcohen8844: What is wrong with "these" people. So....let's see....your relationship hasn't
Any chance of a disgruntled former customer of the bail bondsman doing him in? I'm sure that the proper techniques for making murder look like suicide must have been covered on one of the many Forensics/CSI or true crime TV shows.
Professor_Wagstaff: Any chance of a disgruntled former customer of the bail
I thought the exact same thing. Who knows what the police are "really thinking". However the story unfolds, it's still an unfortunate thing for the two families left behind to deal with this.
Kathy_Liverman: I thought the exact same thing. Who knows what the
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First Posted: 02/13/2012 9:30 pm Updated: 02/13/2012 9:53 pm