South Carolina man gets life for 1976 cold case killing
2 years, 10 months ago

South Carolina man gets life for 1976 cold case killing

Associated Press  

WINNSBORO, S.C. — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for a killing that went unsolved for more than four decades until a DNA match helped investigators crack the case. Charles Ugvine Coleman pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in the March 1976 death of Elizabeth Ann Howell Wilson before his trial started at the Fairfield County Courthouse, The Herald of Rock Hill reported. He entered an an Alford plea, meaning he doesn’t admit guilt but accepts the punishment of a guilty plea because it’s likely he would be convicted, according to Sixth Circuit Solicitor Randy Newman. Wilson, a 45-year-old from Chester, was found sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten to death after she left her shift at a textile plant, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents and prosecutors said.

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South Carolina Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Black Transgender Woman
2 months ago

South Carolina Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Black Transgender Woman

Associated Press  

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for the killing of a Black transgender woman. Daqua Lameek Ritter was convicted in February of a hate crime for the shooting death of Dime Doe in 2019. Ritter was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole based on federal sentencing guidelines.

South Carolina man gets life in prison in killing of Black transgender woman
2 months ago

South Carolina man gets life in prison in killing of Black transgender woman

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Man gets life sentence for killing 2 officers and wounding 5 in South Carolina ambush
1 year, 2 months ago

Man gets life sentence for killing 2 officers and wounding 5 in South Carolina ambush

Associated Press  

FLORENCE, S.C. — A 79-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for fatally ambushing police at his South Carolina home. Frederick Hopkins killed two officers, including the lead investigator in a sexual abuse case involving his son, and wounded five others in 2018. The families of the officers killed and the wounded all asked for the …

Life sentence for man who killed 3 in South Carolina home
2 years, 9 months ago

Life sentence for man who killed 3 in South Carolina home

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who shot and killed three people in a South Carolina home where he was living and then used their smartphones to send himself money for a plane ticket was sentenced to life in prison Friday after pleading guilty. He also shot and wounded an 8-year-old boy who hid in a bathroom with his dead sister …

DNA sample after gun charge led to 1976 SC murder arrest
4 years, 1 month ago

DNA sample after gun charge led to 1976 SC murder arrest

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A DNA sample taken from a South Carolina man after his arrest for pointing a gun while drunk has cracked a long-cold case, identifying him as the lead suspect in the slaying of a woman four decades ago, according to documents. The break in the case happened April 27, when a man called police to say someone …

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