WV State Police, FBI, and U.S. Marshals excavate yard in search for clues about 10-year-old’s fate
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — West Virginia State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Marshals excavated a yard on Kyle Lane in Raleigh County on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, hoping to find out what happened to a little girl who disappeared nearly 24 years ago.
Ten-year-old Natasha Carter, known as “Alex,” and her mother, Susan Carter, were last seen around August 8, 2000.
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At the time of their disappearance authorities said, they lived with Larry Webb, at his home at 126 Kyle Lane in the Mabscott-Beckley area of Raleigh County.
In August 2023, just over 23 years since Alex disappeared, authorities searched Webb’s house, removing evidence. They later said they had recovered a bullet with Alex’s DNA from inside the house.
In October, Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Ben Hatfield announced a special grand jury had indicted Webb for Alex’s murder.
The child’s body has never been discovered and she and her mother have not been seen since August 2000, authorities reported. Authorities said they had started another search for evidence at Webb’s house around 9 A.M. on Tuesday.
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Authorities said around 7 P.M. that a body had not been uncovered in the search while excavating in Webb’s backyard.
Prosecutor Hatfield was at the excavation site but declined to comment.
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