SC fitness trainer told friends she wanted to leave husband before body found
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SPECIAL: In the years before a missing South Carolina fitness trainer was found dead this week, she told several friends that she wanted to leave her now-husband and end the relationship.
Elena Katherine Moore, 39, was found dead Wednesday afternoon in Lexington, South Carolina, the Lexington County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Friday after making a positive identification. Moore was last seen leaving the Planet Fitness gym in Lexington on June 11. The body will be transported to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, which will perform the autopsy on Saturday.
More information is expected on Monday.
Moore’s close friend Aston Jeffcoat shared a July 13, 2017 Facebook Messenger screenshot with Fox News Digital; where Moore said she wanted to separate from her now-husband, Brannon Slice.
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Elena Moore and her husband Brannon Slice. (Facebook/Elena Moore)
“Hey girl, I’m not sure about your situation…but just from reading your post, I too may be ending my relationship of almost 5 years and looking for a roommate!! Let me know!” Moore wrote.
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It’s unclear why Moore wanted to end the relationship or leave. No one, including her husband, has ever been accused of or accused of any crime. Lexington Police Department Investigator Missy Silcox said: news week He said late Tuesday that Slice “is not a person of interest at this time.”
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Lauren Beasley, a friend of Moore’s, told Fox News Digital that Moore went through “cycles” of wanting to leave the house and end the relationship, but did not do so.
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“Beasley said he didn’t know what to do and said things like “I love her,” but then everything would be fine. So I hoped and assumed something had changed. “It was definitely a cycle.”
“Cycles of wanting to leave and not leaving,” Beasley said.
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Elena Katherine Moore, 39, has been missing since leaving the Planet Fitness gym in Lexington, South Carolina, on Thursday, June 11, 2026, according to the Lexington Police Department. (Lexington Police Department)
Sondra Campbell, a close friend of Moore, told Fox News Digital that Moore had tried to leave the relationship in the past.
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Campbell had previously said that when he last saw her on May 31, something felt “very different.”
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An overview of the area in Lexington, SC where the body of personal trainer Elena Katherine Moore was found on June 19, 2026. Moore was last seen alive on June 11. (Fox News Digital’s Kat Ramirez)
“He was afraid for his life. He actually said these words to me,” Campbell said. “Elena He’s one of my best friends. I’ve known him for probably 10 years. We are close enough to tell each other everything. “He’s been that person for me for a long time.”
“Elena was a very good person, and I think we’re all just trying to understand that, but my friend wouldn’t have walked alone at night. That wouldn’t have happened, that wouldn’t have happened,” Campbell added.
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Authorities found the body Wednesday after receiving a tip that led investigators to a new search location, according to LPD Chief Terrence Green.
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Elena Moore disappeared on June 11, 2026 in Lexington, SC. (Lexington Police Department)
“At approximately 2:48 p.m., we located an unidentified body matching the clothing description of the missing person. We are still waiting for the medical examiner to identify him,” Green said.
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The body of South Carolina personal trainer Elena Katherine Moore was found in Lexington on June 19, 2026. He was last seen alive on June 11. (Fox News Digital’s Kat Ramirez)
Moore was last seen walking in the Publix parking lot at 100 Old Cherokee Road in Lexington on the night of June 11.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Slice for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu contributed to this report.
