A man has been arrested after authorities in Virginia uncovered a body on Tuesday matching the description of a missing woman who vanished after closing up at the convenience store where she worked.
Ahrea'l Smith, 28, was last seen on video taking the trash out back at the Claraville Little Sue store in Heathsville around 9 pm on Jan. 12, but then she disappeared, leaving her car running all night in the parking lot.
Surveillance footage shows Smith starting her car at 9.05 pm before she got into another vehicle briefly at 9.18pm. The owner of the second car is not a person of interest, police said.
She then is seen going back into the store, setting the alarm, locking up and taking bags of trash from the store, but then she goes outside the camera scope, according to the Northumberland County Sheriff Johnny Beauchamp.
On Saturday, Tyrone N. Samuel of Heathsville, 50, was arrested and charged with her abduction. More charges are expected.
The body that authorities believe to be Smith's was found on 'a property in Heathsville', but police did not say where that property was or whether it had any connection to Samuel.
A body matching the description of missing woman Ahrea'l Smith, 28 (pictured), was discovered in Heathsville, Virginia on Tuesday - a coroner will need to verify the body's identity
Tyrone N. Samuel of Heathsville, 50 (pictured) was arrested and charged with Smith's abduction on Saturday. More charges are expected. The Northumberland Sheriff's Department confirmed that Smith and Samuel knew each other before Smith's disappearance, but said that they were not in a relationship
Smith and Samuel knew each other before Smith was abducted, but it is unclear how. They were not in a relationship, the department told WRIC. DailyMail.com could not reach the sheriff's office for any information about why Samuel is suspected.
Heathsville is in eastern Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay.
Lydia Smith, Smith's older sister, told NewsNation Prime that her
