Charlotte, N.C. — The insurance agency owner charged in the death of a state examiner initially consented to a search of his office and car but withdrew after police found areas on carpet and a computer cord that tested positive for blood.
Also, according to a search warrant released Tuesday, investigators seized the carpet, pornography, customer files and other items from Dilworth Insurance Agency in Charlotte.
The warrant, issued May 19, states Michael Arthur Howell told police he last saw Sallie Rohrbach leaving the agency at approximately 4 p.m. on May 14. Police found her body May 21 in a wooded area in Fort Mill, S.C., 25 miles from the insurance agency.
Rohrbach, 44, was in Charlotte the week prior auditing Howell's company. When she did not show up for work, she was reported missing.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have said Rohrbach's death is connected to her duties as an auditor and that evidence in her car and Howell's vehicle connected him to the homicide.
They have not released further details about the case, but sources within the police department have told CBS affiliate WBTV that Rohrbach died from blunt force trauma and that the slaying occurred inside Howell's office.
Rohrbach was buried Sunday.
In the wake of her death, the Department of Insurance is looking at its existing policies to determine if any of them need to be changed, spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson said.
“We will honor her by making sure that whatever we do from here on out gives our employees the confidence and peace of mind to continue their work and the work that Sallie was doing,” she said.
Blood traces found inside Charlotte insurance office
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Because of DNA tests, they KNOW the blood is hers.
Because of the amount of blood found at the scene, they KNOW an accident didn't occur.
God bless.
Rev. RB
May 28, 2008 8:24 a.m.
Praying for his victim's family, and for his.
God bless.
Rev. RB
May 28, 2008 8:22 a.m.
Sources say it was a bloody scene inside Michael Howell's Dilworth Insurance agency, and police say they think Rohrbach was killed there.
Howell is charged with her murder.
Sources also say Howell stuffed her body in his car, and dumped it in a wooded area near Vista Drive in South Carolina.
Rohrbach was killed almost a week ago.
May 27, 2008 7:12 p.m.
May 27, 2008 6:04 p.m.
May 27, 2008 4:34 p.m.