Authorities Investigate after Body Is Found in Trunk

GREENVILLE (AP/Staff) – An East Texas teenager has been identified as the person found dead inside a storage trunk along a rural road. Meanwhile, there’s some controversy about how the case was handled by authorities. Officials in Greenville said Wednesday that Alicia Chanta Moore, 16, was identified as the person found by a road crew in Van Zandt County. Moore was reported missing Friday. She was last seen getting off a school bus in Greenville.

Family members say more should have been done to find Alicia. Greenville Police Chief Dan Busken says authorities initially didn’t have a lot of information to go on, but he is looking into claims it took three days before his department began an active search. A road crew on Tuesday found the teen’s body in a trunk sitting on a farm-to-market road near Wills Point, which is about 35 miles south of Greenville. Police have not said if they have a suspect, but Busken says numerous tips have already been received.