WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — The family of Holly Fischer has confirmed to Channel 9 that her body was found along with her car in Wilkes County Monday morning.
The Ashe County sheriff told Channel 9 that deputies found a body they believed to be that of the missing Charlotte woman. Officials are waiting for autopsy results to confirm the identity.
Fischer's family released a statement saying, in part, "It is with unbearable sadness that we can also confirm that she was not found alive. Our hearts are broken. The family does wish to express their tremendous gratitude to the countless volunteers and authorities that have participated in the search for Holly."
Read the full statement here.
Authorities located a car in Wilkes County after a motorcyclist pulled over to the side of the road Sunday and noticed it looked like a car went off the road.
That driver notified police, who found the car down a steep embankment. Firefighters said the car plunged nearly 1,000 feet after going off Highway 16 near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Police said Fischer was driving a gray Infiniti SUV with North Carolina license plate XYH-6678 when she disappeared May 27 while driving home to Charlotte from Tennessee.
On Sunday, police, friends and family spent all day searching Wilkes County for clues. Dozens of volunteer searchers met all with one purpose: Find Holly Fischer.
Among the searchers were Fischer's friend Liz Ajello and her husband, Scott Ajello. "It's been tragic," said Scott Ajello. "It's devastating to everybody."
A Twitter page dedicated to finding Fischer was created. Follow the feed @FindHollyF.
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