NC Insurance Department Employee Killed in Charlotte

UPDATE III: 5-29-09: Michael Howell has pleaded guilty to murdering Sallie Rohrbach. Howell pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday in Mecklenburg County court. Under the plea deal, Howell will spend at least 27 years and 9 months in prison. The maximum sentence is 35 years and 9 months.

UPDATE II: 5-20-08: Police recovered Sallie Rohrbach's body near Fort Mill, SC. Read Search Warrants: Warrant I & Warrant II

UPDATE: Michael Arthur Howell, 40, was arrested and is charged with Sally Rohrbach's murder. Police say Howell was the owner of Dilworth Insurance Agency- the agency Rohrback was in Charlotte investigating due to consumer complaints.
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Sally Rohrbach, 44, is an auditor for the NC Department of Insurance who came to Charlotte to conduct an insurance audit and has since disappeared. She was last seen on Wednesday at the Dilworth Insurance Agency located on South Blvd.

This morning, police recovered her state issued Chevy Malibu in the Bojangles’ parking lot- located at West Blvd & South Tryon St.

If you have any information about the disappearance, please call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or the CMPD Missing Persons Unit at 704-336-2311. (View CMPD Press Release)

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