South Carolina Coroner Reveals Trainer Death Cause

A South Carolina fitness enthusiast Elena Katherine Moore died from natural causes tied to a heart condition, the Lexington County Coroner said after her body was found June 17, ending months of speculation about her disappearance through an investigation that found no signs of homicide.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher announced that Moore, 39, died from complications of cardiac dysrhythmia with premature ventricular contractions, an abnormal heart rhythm condition. According to Fisher, the autopsy found no traumatic injuries, including broken bones, strangulation or sexual assault.

Toxicology testing detected alcohol but no other substances, according to Fisher. She said investigators reviewed Moore's medical and mental health history while determining the cause of death.

"We never saw anything that would indicate homicide. Nothing," said Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.

Fisher also addressed speculation involving Moore's husband, Brannon Slice, saying he was never considered a suspect or person of interest. She said investigators found no evidence connecting him to a crime.

"The only person that really tried to help this girl to get her help through the system is her husband. He reached out. He tried many times to get her help," said Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.

Moore disappeared after leaving a mental health facility, where Fisher said she had been involuntarily committed June 5 following a severe mental health crisis. She was released June 11 and taken by taxi to Lexington.

Fisher said Moore entered a CVS on Sunset Boulevard in Lexington and told a manager that the taxi driver was stalking her and trying to hurt her. Police arrived after the manager contacted them, but Moore had left.

According to an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital, Slice reported Moore missing June 12. Fisher said Moore later visited a Planet Fitness location at 6:38 p.m. and was seen on surveillance footage walking through a Publix parking lot on Old Cherokee Road.

Fisher said medical records reviewed during the investigation showed Moore had experienced an irregular heartbeat since she was 14. More recent records documented cardiac arrhythmia, sinus tachycardia and hypertension.

During the news conference, Fisher questioned the decision to release Moore from the mental health facility despite her documented crisis. She said the facility had access to both her medical and mental health information.

"This whole situation would be different if somebody at that mental health facility ... they all saw her medical, her mental crisis. But yet she was released," said Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.