MEMPHIS, Tenn. — UPDATE 8/21/2020 - The Crittenden County Sheriff's Office confirms to Local 24 News that dental records confirm the woman's body found in a car in a shipping container this week is that of missing Kansas mother Marilane Carter.
They are still determining the official cause of death, but say signs point to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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UPDATE 8/18/2020: A body found in the car driven by a missing Kansas mother of three was found in Crittenden County Tuesday morning.
According to Chief Todd Grooms with the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office, around 10:20 a.m. he received a phone call that Marilane Carter’s vehicle was found in a remote area off I-55. A woman’s body was inside, but he did not confirm it was Carter’s. They do not suspect foul play.
The vehicle was found by one of Carter’s family members who had been in the area the past few days, driving up and down gravel roads looking for her car. The relative found a shipping container, an abandoned railroad car, with the door slightly open. When he opened the door and saw the car, he called police.
An autopsy will be done to positively identify the body.
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8/8/2020 - Memphis Police are assisting with the search of a missing Kansas woman, who they believe disappeared while traveling through the Mid-South earlier this week.
According to authorities in Overland Park, Kansas, 36-year-old Marilane Carter was last seen leaving her home at 8:15 p.m. on August 1st. Carter reportedly was going to Birmingham, Alabama, to visit family.
Investigators say the last known telephone contact placed Carter in the Memphis area last week. Family members say she expressed traveling concerns and haven’t heard from her since Sunday, August 2nd.
Carter is 5’8”, 130 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She was last seen wearing a green shirt and black yoga pants. She was driving a gray 2011 GMC Acadia with the Kansas license plate number 194 LFY.
If you have seen Carter, you are asked to call Memphis authorities.