A vehicle associated with a missing person report has been located in South Carolina, and the investigation into the missing person and an escaped Carter County inmate is continuing.
“We are investigating both cases aggressively,” said Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley. “We are continuing to work hundreds of tips we have received and filter through those, and we are still asking the public to provide any information they may have regarding the whereabouts of either Victor Birchfield or Billy Fletcher.”
What began as two separate investigations has now crossed over into a possibly overlapping case.
On June 20, Billy Fletcher, 43, of Butler, walked off from his work detail at the Carter County Detention Center shortly after 7 a.m. Fletcher was serving a three-year sentence for a violation of probation conviction.
On June 21, a woman reported to the CCSO that her father, 61-year-old Victor Birchfield, had been missing since June 19. Birchfield is described as a white male with grey hair and hazel eyes, approximately 5’6” tall and weighing around 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing an orange or red shirt, grey basketball shorts, leather shoes, and black socks. He was reported to be traveling in a silver 2004 Toyota 4Runner.