Sources told WRAL the victim's name is Marnita Bynum, a substitute teacher and the wife of Lee County pastor Melvin Bynum. WRAL also was told that police are questioning Melvin Bynum.
Bynum, pastor of Crying Out Loud Ministries in Sanford, is among several people being questioned. Moore County deputies said they consensually searched the Bynum home near Pine Bluff.
The victim's body was found north of Hamlet in Richmond County around 2:30 a.m. According to the sheriff's office, she was found in the trunk of a car that is believed to be hers.
Three counties and the State Bureau of Investigation were on the case Monday.
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