Post by Scumhunter on Aug 19, 2024 6:03:09 GMT -5
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From wyff4.com:
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. —
Deputies in Lexington County, South Carolina, made an arrest and are looking for another person after firefighters found a body inside a burning home last month, officials said.
The Lexington County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that deputies arrested Edward Leroy Smith, 39, of Winnsboro, Tuesday night.
Smith is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center after a magistrate judge denied him bond Wednesday morning, officials said.
Smith is charged with murder in the stabbing death of Caldwell Melton Motley Jr., according to arrest warrants.
Smith is also charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a man who was found injured inside a detached garage beside the home that burned July 23 in the 200 block of Oak Ridge Lane.
Donovan Ryan Holman, 33, of Lexington, is wanted on charges related to the case, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon.
"Over the course of their investigation, detectives determined Smith stabbed Mr. Motley to death," Koon said. "Detectives also determined Smith seriously wounded another man at the scene by striking him with an edged object. Victim and witness interviews, evidence and electronic data indicate Smith was at the Oak Ridge Lane scene shortly before a 911 call was made in reference to smoke coming from the house."
Anyone with information on where Holman might be is asked to use the Midlands Crimestoppers mobile app to make an anonymous tip that could bring a cash reward, Koon said.
www.wyff4.com/article/arrest-wanted-body-found-house-south-carolina/61879237
Thoughts? As of today’s date (August 19th, 2024), there is still a posting on the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook page asking for information on Holman’s whereabouts.
m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=899488522217366&id=100064686791478
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