Patsy Hudson was reported missing by her family in December 2015.

Police say they believe the search for a missing woman has ended in a gruesome way.

Investigators say they think someone spread Patsy Hudson's remains throughout Richland County.

Hudson has been missing since last July, but police say they found what is believed to be her remains in three locations near Mansfield and Shiloh.

Each crime scene is roughly 15 minutes apart: one on Franklin Church Road, the other on Snake Road, and a third location in a field off Ransom Road. All three locations are in mostly desolate areas north of Mansfield.

“That means she was dismembered," neighbor Tony Walker said. "That's crazy to think that someone on the street or someone would do that. I mean, that's psychotic!”

Walker and his family noticed Patsy Hudson, who kept to herself in their quiet neighborhood, was missing about a month ago. But long before that, Walker says there was a dispute about the number of cats on Hudson's property that upset her next door neighbors.

“The people beside her didn't really enjoy those cats,” Walker recalls. “I know they didn't have a good relationship.”

The two people in question are 53-year-old Walter Renze and Linda Buckner, 57. The two were arrested in Tennessee by a U.S. Marshals on outstanding warrants.

Walker says when Hudson vanished, so did Renze and Buckner.