Missing South Carolina woman found alive shackled inside metal container at sex predator’s home where FOUR more bodies could be buried
Cops to charge property owner with kidnap amid fears of 'more victims'
A WOMAN missing for over two months has been found "chained like a dog" inside a storage container.
Kala Brown, 30, was in a "traumatised" state when police found her in the metal box on the property of a registered sex offender.
She reportedly told officers in South Carolina that as many as four bodies may have been burned on the remote site.
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said Ms Brown was "chained inside the container like a dog".
"It's all by God's grace that we found that little girl alive," Wright told .
She and her boyfriend Charlie Carver, 32, were reported missing on 31 August.
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Police found Mr Carver's car near the container holding his girlfriend, but he remains missing.
Todd Kohlhepp, 45, who owns the sprawling 100-acre property, has been arrested while the investigation continues, reports.
Sheriff Wright said deputies found several weapons and ammunition rounds, according to .
There are fears the investigation may turn out to reveal a mass murderer.
"We're trying to make sure we don't have a serial killer on our hands," Wright told WYFF.
"(It) very possibly could be what we have."
Kohlhepp, an estate agent, is a registered sex offender and ex-con sent to prison in 1987 for kidnap and child abuse crimes in Arizona.
Police say Ms Brown was under his employment, with friends reporting that she went missing just weeks after working for him.
Leah Miller, a friend of the alleged victim, said Ms Brown would help clear and clean houses before being put up for sale.
She said: "I was supposed to be helping Kala, but I recently had neck surgery," reports.
"I'm just in shock, wondering if she tried to reach me to help her before she disappeared."
"I'm happy that she is alive, but my heart is breaking because we don't know what's going on with Charlie."
Sheriff Wright said Kohlhepp will be charged with kidnap.
Further investigations need to be carried out to determine if more charges will be brought against him.
"We're trying to get all this sorted out and figure out what were going to charge him with," Wright told WYFF.
"One of the charges will be kidnapping, it could be murder. It could be a number of things."
Carver and Brown went missing after just a few months of dating and living together.
Concerned family members raised the alarm when they checked their property and found their dog inside without food or water.
Carver's glasses and prescription medication was also left behind.
Concerned friends noticed his Facebook account -- which he doesn't typically use -- became more active after he went missing.
He updated his profile photo to a comic book illustration, updated his relationship status to "married" and posted links to fundraising sites collecting money for his own disappearance.
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