Death of a Blowing Rock woman under investigation

The State Bureau of Investigations has been called in to assist investigators with the Watauga County Sheriff's Office in the Nov. 28 death of Sharon Yates.

Officers were called to the camper Yates, 50, was living in on Clarence Newton Road in the Blowing Rock Community at 11:30 p.m.

Police are not releasing any further information pertaining to the incident, saying only that interviews are being conducted throughout the day Tuesday.

Updates will be posted on the Web at wataugademocrat.com as information becomes available.

— By Melanie Davis, staff writer, melanie@highcountrymedia.net