COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) - Two missing North Carolina teens were found dead in Kershaw County Sunday night.
Kershaw County Deputies, along with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, are investigating a car found in the river underneath the bridge over the Wateree River on Interstate-20 eastbound near mile marker 96.
Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers says the bodies found inside that car appear to be those of 18-year-old Jake Ziegler and 17-year-old Ray Pierce of Catawba County, North Carolina.
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews tells WACH Fox News that the bumper and license plate found separated from the car were from the vehicle that Ziegler and Pierce were driving.
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