Man, Woman Arrested For Concealment Of Death In Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — Two people have been arrested and charged for concealment of death after a victim was found dead in Rowan County on April 2, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies say 39-year-old Jonathan Holshouser and 40-year-old Bobbi Rowland were arrested Tuesday after authorities determined that they discarded the body of the Salisbury victim, identified as 56-year-old Rodney Edwards, in an attempt to prevent him from being found.

Investigators believe that Edwards overdosed in his Salisbury home while Holshouser and Rowland were there days before his body was found.

To prevent from being associated with the drug related death, the suspects removed his body, drove it to a remote area near the lake, and left it in an overgrown ditch in hopes that it would not be discovered, Rowan County investigators say.

Both were placed in the Rowan County Detention Center.