| Tina Louise Virgil disappeared in late February or | | | | Detectives in Anson County and the SBI were unable |
| March of 2006. Tina's sister was worried when she | | | | to identify the body until February 26, 2007. Dental |
| didn't hear from her sister after three weeks so she | | | | records confirmed the woman found in Anson |
| called CMPD and made a 'Missing Person' report. | | | | County last March was 42-year old Tina Louise Virgil. |
| Tina Virgil lived at 1500 Greenview Place with her | | | | Police said Virgil was a homicide victim and say she |
| boyfriend Rayford Leon Thomas. Virgil and Thomas | | | | was killed by blunt force trauma. |
| had a history of domestic violence and both were | | | | On February 20, 2007, a Special Agent with the SBI |
| arrested one month prior to her disappearance for | | | | interviewed Rayford Thomas. He told the agent he |
| assaulting each other. | | | | last saw Tina Virgil on March 8, 2006. Thomas said he |
| CMPD followed up on the Missing Person report in | | | | and Virgil had an argument and Tina walked out the |
| May and December 2006. Detectives spoke with | | | | door never to be heard from again. He said Tina did |
| Virgil's sisters and attempted to contact her | | | | not pack a bag and he never looked for her. He said |
| boyfriend Rayford Thomas in December. Thomas | | | | he gave Tina's clothes to his ex-wife. In addition, |
| said he would come to the police station to be | | | | Thomas stated his parents are from Anson County |
| interviewed but he never showed up. | | | | and the agent noted he drives a blue/grey pick-up |
| On March 22, 2006, loggers in Anson County | | | | truck. |
| discovered a large garbage bag in a creek on | | | | On March 5, 2007, a search warrant was issued to |
| Smith-Ferry Rd. The bag contained a woman's body. | | | | search Thomas' truck. Crime scene technicians took |
| Police interviewed the one resident who lives on | | | | swabs from the truck and seized the truck bed |
| Smith-Ferry Rd. He told police he saw a suspicious | | | | cover, a tire iron and a Spear .380 spent shell casing. |
| small blue or purple pick-up truck drive down the road | | | | The search warrant did not detail the items they |
| three to four days before loggers found the body. | | | | collected from the home. |
| The man said he remembered seeing the truck | | | | Oddly enough, Aaron Wood was found shot to |
| because it drove down the road at a high rate of | | | | death seven days ago on March 7, 2007 at 1501 |
| speed and twenty minutes later, the same truck | | | | Greenview Place... one house away from Thomas. |
| came speeding back down the road. He saw one | | | | CMPD, SBI and the Anson County Sheriff's Office are |
| person in the truck but he couldn't tell if they were | | | | working together to solve the Virgil case. |
| male or female. | | | | |