WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A pregnant woman was found dead in a car Wednesday night, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
In a news release, Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce said deputies found 29-year-old Cassia Renee Duval in the car in a ditch near the intersection of Pikeville-Princeton Road and Nahunta Road around 11:15 p.m.
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Pierce said Duval's death is being investigated as a homicide, however, the details of her death are still under investigation.
Duval's unborn child did not survive.
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office believes this to be an isolated incident.
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