Missing North Carolina man found dead in woods after driving over 60 miles from home

RAEFORD, N.C. (WNCN) — Deputies said a Raleigh man who was reported missing in Hoke County on Thursday was found dead on Friday near the area where he was last seen on Thursday.

Wesley Purcell, 35, drove a gray GMC Sierra SUV from Raleigh into Hoke County, a Hoke County Sheriff’s Office news release said on Thursday.

Deputies on Thursday asked for the public’s help to find Purcell after he was last seen in the North Hilltop Road/North Duffie Road area in far southwest Hoke County near Scotland County…

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