Woman From Hunt County Found Dead at Walmart Three Days After Entering Oklahoma Store

The body of a woman from Hunt County was found in a Walmart restroom in northeastern Oklahoma three days after surveillance video shows she entered the store, police said.Police in the Tulsa suburb of Sand Springs say the body of 29-year-old Katherine Caraway of Muskogee was found Monday afternoon when the restroom was unlocked.Caraway is originally from Celeste, a town about 60 miles outside of Dallas, according to her Facebook. She recently lived in Tuskogee, Okla.Police Capt. Todd Enzbrenner says store video shows Caraway entering the restroom about 6 p.m. Friday, but said it isn't known when she died.Enzbrenner says the door to the room was locked and store employees thought it was out of order, so they placed a sign on the door saying it was out of order.Employees unlocked the bathroom door Monday and found the woman.“I don’t know what to say, it’s crazy. That’s hard to believe that body had been inside this Walmart bathroom for a few days,” customer Marle Lawson said to KOKI-TV. “I’m shocked, I mean I hadn’t heard about it.”Enzbrenner says the body was sent to the state medical examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of death, but that it does not appear suspicious.Walmart released the following statement. "We are saddened by the death of Ms. Caraway and our thoughts and prayers are with her family. We are working closely with local law enforcement to determine the facts. Because this is an ongoing investigation, we must refer you to them for additional information."The Associated Press contributed to this report.  Continue reading...

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