CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. -- A 67-year-old cold case investigation could be one step closer to being solved.

A geological surveyor found three anomalies underneath a Carolina Beach home that could be the burial site of a mother and daughter missing since 1941. The disappearance of Leila Bryan and her 4-year-old daughter, Mary Rachel, launched an investigation at the time.

Bryan's family suspects her husband, who is now dead, might have buried the pair in concrete beneath their home.

SBI officials told the surveyor that they won't decide whether to excavate the home until early December, when the home's current owner returns from vacation.