SC SC - Susan Rhodes, wandered into woods after car wreck, North Augusta, 11 June 2025

[mlhenn]

https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/authorities-searching-for-missing-woman-after-north-augusta-vehicle-crash/

North Augusta Public Safety responded to a motor vehicle collision on Gregory Lake Road Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle left the roadway and went into a ditch.

Officers state that the vehicle was “operated by a white female who exited the vehicle and wandered off into the woods.”

According to the department, the woman has been identified as Susan Rhodes. She was wearing bright red shirt, tan pants, balck shoes and an arm sling when she was last seen going through the yard at 2224 Gregory Lake Road. North Augusta Public Safety stated a witness said she appeared to be disoriented and possibly suffering from some type of medical issue.

 

[mlhenn]

https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/authorities-searching-for-missing-woman-after-north-augusta-vehicle-crash/

UPDATE, June 12, 4:27 p.m. – Officials searching for Susan Rhodes, a woman who went missing in North Augusta on Wednesday, no longer believe she is in the woods in which she was last seen.

The investigation is still on going.

 

[borndem]

Hoping she is okay and not having any type of disorientation or injury due to the vehicle accident.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

North Augusta women goes missing after car crash

UPDATE: Around 4:30 on Thursday, the North Augusta Public Safety Department announced that no evidence of Rhodes in the area. Lt. Allen Swann told FOX54 because there was no evidence

www.wfxg.com

 

[GraceG]

The only Susan Rhodes I could find a court record for in that and the neighboring county was for a Susan Hardwick Rhodes, White Female, Born 1954 (ancient minor speeding ticket). https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Edgefield/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx. If that is her and she's in her early 70's she could have experienced a medical event prior to the accident. https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Edgefield/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx

This article and photo indicate she is a senior. North Augusta women goes missing after car crash

 

[Knox]

https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/authorities-searching-for-missing-woman-after-north-augusta-vehicle-crash/

UPDATE, June 12, 4:27 p.m. – Officials searching for Susan Rhodes, a woman who went missing in North Augusta on Wednesday, no longer believe she is in the woods in which she was last seen.

The investigation is still on going.

What do you think this means? Is foul play suspected?

 

[Bigditch]

So neighbors will only speak off camera. Hmm. Susan last seen wearing a bright red shirt and tan pants (said whom) the same person who witnessed her wander into the woods?

How does one even navigate the woods with an arm in a sling?

Sounds like foul play indeed.
Imho

 

[Bigditch]

https://www.wjbf.com/csra-news/authorities-searching-for-missing-woman-after-north-augusta-vehicle-crash/

North Augusta Public Safety responded to a motor vehicle collision on Gregory Lake Road Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle left the roadway and went into a ditch.

Officers state that the vehicle was “operated by a white female who exited the vehicle and wandered off into the woods.”

According to the department, the woman has been identified as Susan Rhodes. She was wearing bright red shirt, tan pants, balck shoes and an arm sling when she was last seen going through the yard at 2224 Gregory Lake Road. North Augusta Public Safety stated a witness said she appeared to be disoriented and possibly suffering from some type of medical issue.

Why in the heck did the 'witness' not check and make sure the woman was all right.

 

[borndem]

I do think that foul play should be on the list.

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[mlhenn]

Day 3: The search for a missing woman in North Augusta continues

As the search continues for a missing woman who wandered into the woods after a car crash, law enforcement is calling on the public’s help.

www.wrdw.com

June 13 2025

Now that authorities have exhausted their search efforts for a woman missing after a North Augusta wreck, what’s next?

The North Augusta Department of Public Safety offered a new update Friday afternoon.

The agency said its investigators along with Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office staff members have been following up on possible locations in Edgefield County where Susan Rhodes could be.

Authorities also requested assistance from South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in checking several bodies of water near where she was last seen.

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They found her footprints near a creek, and a surveillance camera recorded her walking through someone’s yard after the crash, but otherwise there’s been no sign of her despite the use of a heat-detecting helicopter and drones

 

[dalsglen]

Very interesting comments, particularly from a DH.

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[Fleur-de-lis]

I can recall a number of times that people, injured in an accident (esp head injury) have wandered off ( we have discussed some cases on WS), sometimes found deceased quickly, others much later, some never found. Every once in awhile, found alive. MOO. Hope she is one of the lucky ones.

 

[Knox]

Very interesting comments, particularly from a DH.

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Thanks for sharing, very informative. I withdraw my earlier foul play question.

 

[Quill]

I can recall a number of times that people, injured in an accident (esp head injury) have wandered off ( we have discussed some cases on WS), sometimes found deceased quickly, others much later, some never found. Every once in awhile, found alive. MOO. Hope she is one of the lucky ones

SHERIFF: Body found in trunk at Jones County used car lot

New details were released in an ongoing investigation after a body was discovered in the Jones County Powers Community.

www.wlbt.com

I'm not sure if anyone here remembers this one from here in Mississippi, but it was investigated as a possible abduction/crime. It ended up being a tragic accident that she wandered away from. She ended up crawling inside a car at small car dealership where she sadly passed. It definitely raised a lot of eyebrows until video surveillance was found showing her putting herself into the car.

 

[borndem]

Hoping the body is not hers, but, sadly, if not, it is indeed someone else. SMH.

 

[borndem]

The ol' Wait & See Sad Dance.

 

[Quill]

Hoping the body is not hers, but, sadly, if not, it is indeed someone else. SMH.

If you're replying to the post about the body in the car, that is an old case I posted from Mississippi to show that sometimes people do walk away injured and incoherent from car accidents. I'm not sure what has happened in the case this thread is about but in the Mississippi case, a lady was working late and when she left work, she had a car wreck and hit a power pole. by the time anyone found her car, she was gone. So it started out looking like a possible crime of abduction and huge search was launched. Eventually, police found a video from a business on that road that showed her walking onto the used car lot and climbing into the back of a car that had been left unlocked. Sure, enough, she was inside and she had passed.

 

[mlhenn]

Day 3: The search for a missing woman in North Augusta continues

As the search continues for a missing woman who wandered into the woods after a car crash, law enforcement is calling on the public’s help.

www.wrdw.com

Officials tell News 12 they have no reason to believe Rhodes is a threat to the community and that they believe this is a medical episode she had.

 

[borndem]

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[mlhenn]

North Augusta church prays for missing woman, Susan Rhodes

Community rallies for missing woman in North Augusta.

www.wfxg.com

The North Augusta community is coming together to pray, search and help bring back Susan Rhodes – a woman who went missing in North Augusta on Wednesday.

A church that Rhodes attended made special remarks about her today.

And they aren’t just praying for Rhodes. Law enforcement has spent the past 4 days searching using drones, K-9s, a helicopter and multiple teams of officers on the ground.