FACEBOOK Kala Brown, 30, was found 'chained like a dog' in a metal box

FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

Kala Brown and her boyfriend Charlie Carver, 31, went missing on August 31, sparking a huge search operation. After receiving a tip off from a sex crime investigator, police raided a property and discovered the 30-year-old after hearing her banging against the walls of a metal storage container.

Kala was said to be “chained inside the container like a dog” with a tether around her neck. Her boyfriend, Charlie Carver, is still missing. The pair’s disappearance triggered a huge search operation in Spartanburg County, where they are from, and across South Carolina.

FACEBOOK Kala went missing along with her boyfriend on August 31

It was pretty emotional, to say the least, when she was found - especially when she was chained like a dog Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright, who led the investigation, found Kala had been regularly fed but was “obviously traumatised”. He said: "It was pretty emotional, to say the least, when she was found - especially when she was chained like a dog. “She had a chain around her neck. Its only by God’s grace we found that little girl alive."

FACEBOOK Charlie Carver is still missing

According to Wright, Kala claimed four other people may have been held at the property. He said: "We’re trying to make sure we don’t have a serial killer on our hands. It very possibly could be what we have." Police have arrested 45-year-old Todd Kohlhepp, who owns the property but lives in a different home in Spartanburg.

FACEBOOK Locals displayed missing posters across South Carolina