Body Of Missing Kansas Woman Possibly Found In Arkansas

WEST MEMPHIS, AR — Police believe they have found the body of Marilane Carter, a Kansas wife and mother who was reported missing August 1 when she left her Overland Park, Kansas, home to drive to Birmingham.

Carter's vehicle was discovered by police in a shipping container in West Memphis, Arkansas, Tuesday morning. Chief Todd Grooms of the Crittenden County, Arkansas Sheriff's Office said in a statement that the body hasn't been positively identified, but investigators found a credit card with the body that had Carter's name on it.

Groom said Carter's vehicle appears to have been deliberately driven in to the container in a shipping field.

"I believe that anything that happened, happened by her own doing," Grooms said, indicating that he does not believe any foul play was involved.

Carter, who left her home in Overland Park on August 1 to visit family in Birmingham, was seen on security footage at a gas station in West Memphis August 2.

Carter's parents live in Birmingham, and her husband says she was headed to Birmingham to seek treatment for mental health issues.

Carter was a graduate of Samford University's Divinity School, and her parents live in Birmingham.