Woman's body found in local motel room

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The body of a 46-year-old woman was found early Monday morning in a room at a motel on Paxville Highway in Manning. Clarendon County Coroner Hayes Samuels said Mary Ann Schmidt checked into the motel about 3:15 a.m. Monday. She was found by two employees attempting to clean the room. Schmidt is from Powahatan, Va., Samuels said. "It doesn't look like foul play, but her body was sent for a post-mortem examination today," he said. The incident was also investigated by the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office.