Wash won the Miss South Carolina pageant on June 29, 2024. She previously held the title of Miss Clemson 2024.

That's the same area where her body was found weeks later. Family members said Payton was originally from Greenville, South Carolina, but was in Charlotte celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend.

A weekslong search for a missing South Carolina man has come to a “tragic end,” according to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office. Paul Chandler’s body was found in the Congaree River at ...