A groundskeeper mowed down a dead body next to an abandoned house thinking he was a Halloween prop, according to the victim’s loved ones.
Robert Owens, 34, was reportedly last seen by family on Oct. 8, two days before authorities found him face down and half-naked in the yard next door to his China Grove, North Carolina, home, which appeared to have been vacant for a long time, the Queen City News first reported.
Owens’ family called her death “suspicious” in a GoFundMe page for funeral expenses, saying her passing has left “her family with many questions that hopefully will be answered soon and justice served for all individuals involved.”
“She was stripped of her clothes and belongings, left in her underwear and socks for over 24 hours on her back in the front yard,” Haley Reavis wrote on the GoFundMe page description.
“He was found once on [Oct. 9] by lawn care workers who assumed he was a Halloween decoration or a dummy for K9 training and was never reported to authorities.”
Authorities found Robert Owens face down and half-naked in the yard next to a China Grove home that appeared to have been vacant for a while, Queen City News first reported. Robert Owens / Facebook
Reavis continued, “Who in their right mind mows the yard at a house that has power and no one has lived there in a while, but the property has been used for k9 training for years, can assume a half-naked corpse with scratches and glass around it is decoration Halloween[?]”
China Grove Police Chief Andrew Deal dismissed claims that groundskeepers thought Owens’ body was a Halloween decoration.
“The groundskeeper to my knowledge did not think it was a Halloween prop,” Deal said in an email to Fox News Digital.
Police say Robert Owens, 34, was reportedly last seen by family on October 1 Robert Owens / Facebook
“However, he didn’t think it was true.”
Police reiterated the suspicious nature of Owens’ death in a press release, stating, “At this time there are no indications of foul play but the case is being investigated as suspicious.”
On October 10, a day after groundskeepers mowed the property’s lawn, a construction foreman apparently saw Owens’ body and reported it to authorities.
Police have dismissed claims that groundskeepers mistook Robert Owens’ body for a Halloween decoration when he cut around his body.Getty Images/iStockphoto
“We have evidence that has been handed over to detectives. If you’re reading this and you got involved, you’ll get what you deserve soon,” Reavis wrote on the GoFundMe page.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the case to call the China Grove Police Department or email Detective C. Frantz at [email protected].
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