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By Kimberly O'Brien A Bedford County woman who was missing since Monday was found dead inside her car in a Roanoke motel parking lot Friday night, her mother said authorities told her. Tina Louise Foster, 20, was last seen Monday when she told her mother she was going to meet a man who was going to pay her $200 to take some modeling photos of her. Louise Foster last saw her daughter Monday afternoon, when Tina Foster came home from a shift at the Roanoke Hooters restaurant, where she had worked about a month. Tina Foster told her mother she had met a man that day who said he would pay her $200 to take 10 modeling photographs of her. Louise Foster said she advised her daughter not to go, but Tina said she was old enough to do what she wanted. Tina Foster agreed with her mother that she would take a friend with her, but her friend backed out at the last minute, Louise Foster said. Shortly before Tina Foster left home, she got a call from a man, her mother said. Bedford County sheriff's investigators later traced that call to a convenience store in Farmville, Louise Foster said. She said they were aware of a man in the Farmville area who served in the National Guard and had been known to take pornographic pictures of women. When Tina Foster didn't come home Monday night, her parents began to worry. "Tina's not like that. She calls all the time," Louise Foster said. She and her husband called the police that night. The two drove to Farmville this week looking for signs of their daughter, but found nothing. Roanoke police and the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, who were conducting a joint investigation, had Tina Foster's car towed to a Roanoke fire station, where investigators were processing evidence Friday night. An autopsy is scheduled for today. Tina Foster's car was parked at a far end of the motel, where few guests were staying. The motel is just over two miles from Hooters. Louise Foster said her daughter liked working at Hooters because of its festive atmosphere. Employees described her as a sweet and innocent person. From Obituary A local memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers a fund is being established for the Foster family at the Smith Mountain Lake Branch of BB & T Bank. Arrangements by Oakey's Vinton Chapel. |