Realtor's house of horror begins to gives up its grim secrets: One body is found on sprawling 100-acre property where missing girl was discovered chained in a container and her boyfriend is feared dead

A body has been found by investigators on the property where a woman was found chained up in a large, locked metal storage container after being missing for more than two months.

Spartenburg coroner Rusty Clavenger confirmed a corpse had been unearthed by police, less than 24 hours into the investigation of the sprawling property in Woodruff, South Carolina.

The sex of the discovered body was not revealed, and police said they are still searching for three more.

Fears are growing one of the bodies they are searching for could be Charlie Carver, the 32-year-old boyfriend of Kala Brown, the woman discovered on Thursday on a property owned by Todd Kohlhepp by deputies acting on a tip-off they received.

Carver and Brown had last been seen on August 30. The 32-year-old's car was found on the property on Thursday night.

Lawyers for the Woodruff Solicitor's Office said during Kohlhepp's bond hearing on Friday afternoon in the Spartanburg County Detention Center that Brown told deputies she saw the 45-year-old murder her boyfriend.

Solicitor Barry Barnette said Brown saw her captor shoot her boyfriend dead.

'She told us this individual did kill him in her presence,' Barnette said.

He then went on to tell the hearing Brown was found with chains around her neck and ankles, and that addition chains were found in Kohlhepp's bedroom along with a 'unbelievable' amount of ammunition.

Carver's family released a statement on Friday afternoon, shortly before the bond hearing got underway.

'We, Charlie David Carver's family, would like to begin by saying how wonderful it is Kala has been found and that she is receiving care and is back with family and friends,' it read.

'The outpouring of concern and affection from the community has been overwhelming and we are very thankful.

'At this time we know that no more than what has been reported within the media or statements made by law enforcement.

Kala Brown, 30, was found chained up in a metal container on a South Carolina property after being missing since August

'We ask that you continue to pray for Kala's healing and for David's safe return as well. In the meantime, we ask for some time to ourselves as we process events as they unfold.

'Thank you for your understanding and expect updates as they become available.'

The family statement was released as helicopters were seen on Friday morning, along with a backhoe and police dogs that were being used in nearby woods as part of the search.

It comes after it was revealed Kohlhepp, 45, who owns the 100-acre property is a registered sex offender, and has been arrested in connection with the incident, the sheriff said.

Kohlhepp was also arrested for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 1986, when he was 15. He was jailed from 1987 to 2001 over the incident.

Court documents, obtained by WFXG, detail how Kohlhepp pointed a 'small blue steel handgun at (the victim's) head' and led her into his house. Inside, he 'placed gray duct tape over her mouth' and 'tied her hands together with a rope', before removing her clothes and 'forcing the victim to have sexual intercourse with him'.