ASHEBORO Jonie Gardner is grieving over the deaths of two loved ones her daughter, Tori Scofield, and her boyfriend, Ben Smith.
Tori, 19, had been missing since Saturday night when she left friends at a club in Randleman. She was found Tuesday in a wooded area off Pisgah Covered Bridge Road southwest of Asheboro.
Bens body was found Tuesday morning in his car. Both bodies are being examined to determine cause of death.
The Randolph County Sheriffs Office is investigating. Calls left with the office were not returned Tuesday.
While speculation abounds concerning the two deaths, Gardner asks that everyone wait until all the facts come out.
Tori was my only daughter, the baby of my first set of children, Gardner said. She was the light of her daddys and my life.
Gardner said that when Tori didnt turn up, she and Toris father, Frank Scofield, went to look for her at the location on Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, which Gardner called our spot, referring to her and Smith.
She said a detective had asked them if there was a place where Tori could have gone. They had to use a four-wheel drive vehicle to get up to the clearing and Frank Scofield found the body, she said.
Earlier that day, she had had to deal with the death of Smith. Now it was Tori.
Ben was a good man, Gardner said. He loved Tori very much. He has two children, ages 19 and 16, and theyre not taking this very well.
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