60대 남성이 여성을 목 졸라 살해하고 사우스캐롤라이나 자택 뒤뜰에 묻으려 했다., 그러나 가지고 있었다 “심장 사건” 구덩이를 덮는 과정에서 사망, according to a news release from the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the home in Trenton on Saturday morning for calls of an unresponsive man lying in his yard. Deputies identified him as Joseph McKinnon, who had no signs of trauma “and natural causes were suspected,” 릴리스 말했다.
As deputies notified the next of kin, a second body was found in the freshly dug pit, 릴리스 말했다. Officials identified those remains as Patricia Dent, 65, who also lived at the home.
훼손하다 “appeared to have died by foul play,” 릴리스 말했다.
An investigation led deputies to believe McKinnon attacked Dent inside their home, 릴리스 말했다. Deputies said McKinnon then bound and wrapped her in trash bags before putting her in the previously dug pit in the yard.
While he was covering the pit in, McKinnon had a cardiac event that caused his death, 릴리스 말했다.
The Edgefield County Coroner’s Office ruled McKinnon’s cause of death to be natural causes. Dent’s death was due to strangulation.
Trenton is about 25 miles northeast of Augusta, 그루지야.
