By Rodney L. Sherman – Clarion News editor
CLARION – The ongoing investigation into the death of a Clarion County woman continued this week at a Rimersburg residence.
The body of Kayla Dunlap, 28, of Callensburg, was found Sunday morning along the west side of Lake Road, about 1.3 miles north of Hoon Road in Oakland Township, Butler County. The area is near the Oneida Valley reservoir.
Butler state police executed a search warrant this week at 116 Main St. in Rimersburg. Court documents list the home as the residence of Matthew Hoover.
Court documents say Dunlap’s purse and some other personal belongings were located in the area near her body.
“Based on the evidence at the scene, it is believed that Dunlap was left on the side of the road after she died in a different location,” police said in court documents.
A perimortem (at or near the time of death) contusion was observed on or around Dunlap’s eye and a defensive hand wound also was noted during an autopsy.
Dunlap’s background information led police to interview several of her known associates.
State police went to 116 Main St. in Rimersburg to conduct interviews with the residents of the home because Dunlap was known to stay at the residence recently.
During interviews with the occupants of the home, it was related to police there is drug use and activity at the residence “to include overdoses,” according to the court documents.
State police say they are trying to put together the hours before Dunlap’s death and determine who left her body near the lake along Route 38 north of Butler.