The Wake County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina has confirmed that the body found inside of a suitcase along the Neuse River is that of a missing pregnant mother of 2. A couple has been charged with her murder.

The 28-year old victim, Brittany Simone Smith, went missing February 2 in Wendell — 10 miles where the body was found.

Smith was described as being 4’11 tall, about 115 pounds, and noticeably pregnant.

Police allege Smith was strangled to death. A motive has not been disclosed.

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The Wake County Sheriff’s Office arrested Thomas Clayton Johnson, 37, and Emmalei Grace Trevathan, 24, during a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon in Raleigh. Both face charges of murder, murder of an unborn child, and concealment of a body.

Johnson and Grace have been booked into the Wake County Detention Center.

Smith’s cousin, Brooke Pinel-Fereol, spoke to WTVD, and said only “monsters” could’ve killed a pregnant woman.

“Evil people,” Pinel-Fereol insisted. “None of that should have happened to her at all. Brittany was a good person, a good mom, a good granddaughter.”

The cousin said Smith loved dancing and her two kids.

Police ask that anyone with any information on the murder come forward as soon as possible by contacting the Wake County Sheriff’s Department at (919) 856-6911.