Pregnant teen found dead near wooded area in Southern Pines

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) — Police are investigating after the body of a pregnant woman was found in a car in North Carolina.

Southern Pines police told local reporters the victim was 18-year-old Aiyonna Clarice Barrett of Sanford. Barrett’s body was found around 8 p.m. Sunday in a car on a dirt road in Southern Pines.

Officials said Monday that the unborn child that Barrett was carrying also died.

Police said that her death does not appear to be a random act of violence, but they will not release the cause or manner of her death until they hear back from the North Carolina State Medical Examiner’s Office.

An autopsy is set to take place Monday.

No arrests have been made.