They found her body yesterday, identified it today. Prayers for her family…
Police have identifed the body of Irina Sergeyevna Yarmolenko, 20, whose last known address was 100 Hogan Glen Court in Chapel Hill. She was a student at UNCC.
A press release from Mount Holly Police Chief David James:
The Mount Holly Police Department is investigating the death of Irina Yarmolenko. At 1:15 pm Monday Officers were dispatched to a found body on the banks of the Catawba River. The actual location was on the bank directly behind the Waters Edge development and the YMCA at the end of YMCA Drive.
Officers found a blue four door Saturn at the waters edge. The vehicle was facing the water as if driven to the water. The vehicle had traveled several yards down a step embankment and struck a stump right at the waters edge damaging the front of the vehicle.
The body of Irina Sergeyevna Yarmolenko was found outside of the vehicle lying on the ground next to the driver’s side door.
Officers required assistance from the Mount Holly Fire Department, West Mecklenburg Fire, and Gaston County Rescue to assess the area. Officers from Belmont Police and Gaston County Police assisted in the crime scene search there on the bank.
As the investigation continued the FBI and SBI provided and continue to provide assistance. The vehicle was removed and stored at a secure location. The medical examiners office conducted an examination and then ordered and autopsy. Exact cause of death will be determined by the medical examiners office.
Officers and Detectives continue to follow up on leads. Ms. Yarmolenko was last seen Monday around 9:45 am. Anyone with knowledge about Ms. Yarmolenko are asked to contact the Mount Holly Police Department at 704-827-4343.
Sensational? How about just not listening to anything they’re told? WBTV’s piece said that we were going to have her picture on the front page tomorrow, despite the fact we told them there wouldn’t be any new print papers out this semester.
The reporter, my sister told me, also kept leading her, asking about suicide, which is why a lot of Ira’s other friends refused to talk to her.
Trust me, there hasn’t been a lack of media. The Gaston Gazette, Charlotte Observer, WCNC, WBTV and News 14 all ran pieces on Ira today. It’s just that for most of those pieces, they were just running around, looking for a quick quote.
[QUOTE=wayton5646;318290]she was one of my good friends, ill miss her.[/QUOTE]
wayton and i both were friends with her. I speak for the both of us when i say that she was unlike any other person we’ve ever met. She was an incredible girl.
It seems like there may be a larger problem as this has been happening all over the country with college students. A University of Wisconsin student was murdered in her apartment about a month ago and there have been a few people missing / found dead in Minnesota (I think) that were college students. These along with the UNC-CH tragedy and the college girl in Alabama.
I can remember going into Jackson Java and seeing her. Very nice girl. It’s so incredibly depressing, the concept that someone like that is now gone forever. :unhappy: