Third woman found dead in Lumberton identified
Lumberton, N.C. (WPDE) — Megan Ann Oxendine, 28, has been identified as the woman whose badly decomposed body was found this past Saturday near abandoned home in Lumberton, according to Captain Terry Parker with Lumberton police.
The North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh identified the body, but Parker said Oxendine's cause of death has not been determined.
He added they're still not sure when she died.
She is the third woman found dead in Central Lumberton near the downtown district since April 18.
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Her body was found near an abandoned home near Willow and 8th Streets.
Police haven't said how the women died, if their deaths are related or if the case is being treated as a homicide.
Anyone with information concerning the investigations should contact Detective J. White or Detective D. Evans at the Lumberton Police Department 910-671-3845.
