More questions were raised about the death of South Carolina fitness trainer Elena Katherine Moore after an autopsy failed to determine how she died and found no signs of physical trauma.
Moore, 39, was found dead last week after disappearing June 11 following a visit to a Planet Fitness gym in Lexington. Her disappearance drew widespread attention after a close friend told Fox News Digital that Moore had confided weeks earlier that she was “scared for her life.”
Now, investigators say a forensic autopsy found no bruising, lacerations, gunshot wounds, stab wounds, blunt force trauma, strangulation or other external injuries.
“The autopsy did not identify an immediate cause of death,” the Lexington County Coroner’s Office said Monday.
The cause of death remains pending while investigators await toxicology results, microscopic tissue testing and a review of Moore’s medical records.
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The findings come days after authorities identified Moore as the woman whose body was discovered near Old Cherokee Road and Northlake Drive in Lexington County on June 17.
Investigators located the body after receiving a tip that led them to a new search area. At the time, Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green said the woman found was wearing clothing consistent with what Moore had been wearing before she vanished.
Moore was last seen June 11 after signing into a Planet Fitness on Whiteford Way around 6:40 p.m. Surveillance footage later showed her walking away from the gym toward a wooded area behind a nearby Lowe’s Home Improvement store, according to police.
Friends have said several aspects of Moore’s behavior before her disappearance were unusual.
“She was scared for her life. She actually said those words to me,” close friend Sondra Campbell previously told Fox News Digital.
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Campbell said Moore wanted to discuss what was troubling her privately but never got the chance.
Another friend told Fox News Digital that Moore, who was typically active online, had gone unusually quiet on social media in the weeks before she disappeared.
Authorities have not said whether foul play is suspected, and no manner of death has been determined.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is continuing to investigate the case.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
