MAR 26, 2019
Warrant: Holden Beach man deleted searches for escort services before dumping wife's body
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“Brock explained to responding officers that he had went to Sampson County for work and tried to contact his wife about 0800 hours that morning but she did not respond,” a major with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office wrote in the probable case section of a warrant seeking permission to search the Brock’s Holden Beach home.
During the interview, Brock also said his wife was supposed to meet with a woman about a gala they were planning, but she did not show up. When he returned home that afternoon, Brock told investigators, he found his wife, her purse, Apple watch and rings missing, but no signs of forced entry.
Judy Brock’s phone, however, was still in the home, according to the warrant. An examination of her phone found that her last outgoing contact was a text to a member of her women’s club around 4:50 p.m. the day before she went missing. But several calls and texts the morning she went missing went unreturned.
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“Investigators discovered a freshly disturbed area in the ground and tire tracks (on Wright Bridge Road),” the warrant states. “Investigators began to photo and process that area with shovels and discovered what appeared to be a shape consistent with a human body, wrapped in green in color cloth material, wrapped with silver/grey duct tape.”
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Investigators seized a laundry list of items during their investigation, including duct tape, several guns and ammunition, a shovel found in Phillip Brock’s truck, gloves, blankets and clothing. A swab of a red and brown stain on a pair of denim overalls is also listed in the evidence inventory.
Judy Brock’s cause of death has not been released. Phillip Brock remains in the Brunswick County Detention Center without bond.
