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GREER, S.C. (BFMG) — The Greenville County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the body found Monday during a search in Greer is that of missing teacher Rebecca Beets.
Around 3:30 p.m., deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office were called to assist with the search. During the search, drone pilots found the body of a woman about 50 yards behind a home located at 316 Novelty Drive in Greer.
Beets, 55, was last seen Saturday walking in the area of Novelty Drive, according to the Greer Police Department. Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search after she was reported missing.
Beets was an employee with Greenville County Schools, officials said. The cause of death has not yet been released, and investigators have not shared whether foul play is suspected.
Deputies said drone pilots located the body of a woman in the woods about 50 yards behind a home on Novelty Drive.
According to the coroner’s office, an autopsy on Tuesday confirmed the cause of her death was a gunshot wound, and her death has been ruled as suicide.
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