RALEIGH, NC : Raleigh 17-year-old found in creek after crash died from hypothermia on Monday, October, 9th 2017

According to an autopsy report released Monday, 17-year-old Lauren Jenkins, who went missing after she was involved in a car crash, died due to hypothermia after she got wet. 4

Jenkins was found dead two days after she was involved in a car crash on March 17 at the intersection of Raleigh's Leesville and O'Neal roads. Witnesses reported seeing Jenkins leave the scene of the crash on foot.

Nearly 37 hours later and a half mile away, a man found Jenkins, dead, near a creek in a heavily wooded area behind a home on West Lake Court. She was less than a mile from home.

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Raleigh 17-year-old found in creek after crash died from hypothermia