"There was truck in the back with its door open, like Bobby had been working on it," she said. "The trash can had been dumped out and taken. There were empty cans and bottles but no trash can. And there were what looked like puddles of blood. I don't know if they were; the police haven't told us. But when I saw all that, I knew we needed to call the police."
Remsen said she knows her son wasn't robbed of cash because there was still money in the dealership's office. But she believes whoever encountered her son took something valuable to him, the Chihuahua he called Pup Pup.
"Bobby loved that dog, and that dog loved him," Remsen said. "If anybody wanted to hurt him, all they'd have to do is go after that dog."
The dog's body was found in Craytonville in rural Anderson County, near State Road 20 and State Road 252, Anderson Police Capt. Mike Aikens confirmed. Harvey's phone was also found in Craytonville.
Aikens also confirmed Wednesday that Harvey's white Ford F-350 had been found burned on the Greenville County side of Pelzer. Aikens said Wednesday that police knew Harvey's pickup had been recovered by late Tuesday but did not make the information public at that time.