Teresa Meharg, 70, was found dead Saturday inside her vehicle off Gunn Road, nearly two weeks after she was reported missing after leaving a nursing home.
CENTERVILLE, Ga. — A woman who had been missing for nearly two weeks was found dead Saturday after authorities located her vehicle off a Houston County road.
Warner Robins police said officers were dispatched around 3:46 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of a vehicle that appeared to have crashed into a ditch. When officers arrived, they found a woman dead inside the vehicle.
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Police identified the woman as 70-year-old Teresa Meharg. The vehicle also belonged to Meharg, who had been reported missing by the Centerville Police Department on July 13 after she was last seen leaving a nursing home.
Houston County Coroner James Williams said the vehicle was found off Gunn Road. Official identification and the cause and manner of death will be determined in an autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Medical Examiner’s Office, Williams said.
The Warner Robins Police Department said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
Following the discovery, Meharg’s daughter shared the news in a social media post, thanking the community for its support throughout the search.
“Over the past 13 days, we have been overwhelmed by the incredible kindness and compassion shown by so many people in our community,” she wrote. “To every volunteer, every person who has shared my mom’s flyer, searched, prayed, reached out, or simply kept our family in your thoughts—thank you from the bottom of our heart.”
She said Meharg’s vehicle was found after a girl and her grandparents spotted it off the road.
Authorities have not released any additional information as the investigation continues.