South Carolina

South Carolina Couple Charged in Gruesome Killing of Four Family Members

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A South Carolina couple, Amy and Rosmore Vilardi, have been apprehended and charged with the brutal murder of four family members. The victims, who were found stabbed and shot to death, included Amy Vilardi’s mother, father-in-law, grandmother-in-law, and maternal grandmother. The horrific incident took place on Halloween night in 2015. The Vilardis were taken into custody last Friday, following their identification as persons of interest by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in March. The victims’ …

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Woman Dies in Tragic Fall Through Rotten Floor into Hidden Well Shaft in Old House

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An elderly woman tragically lost her life in a freak accident in South Carolina. The 83-year-old was assisting her daughter with moving out of a century-old house when she fell through decaying floorboards and plummeted down a concealed well shaft. The property owner was unaware of the well’s existence, according to local authorities. The victim, identified as Dorothy Downey, was helping her daughter vacate the house on Park Avenue in Salem, South Carolina. The house, …

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Burger King assistant manager arrested for serving French fries from trash

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Jaime Christine Major, a 39-year-old assistant manager of a Burger King restaurant located in South Carolina, has been arrested on charges of tampering with food, a felony offense. This follows allegations that she had been serving customers French fries that had been retrieved from a trash can. The Union Police Department received a report of a disturbance at the fast food establishment on July 9th and upon arriving at the scene, two women were found …

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Teen killed by classmate during Senior trip

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An 18-year-old man, Blake William Linkous, is accused of strangling his former girlfriend, Natalie Jane Martin, in a hotel room located in South Carolina while they were attending a senior trip to the Myrtle Beach area. According to the redacted incident report, Horry County authorities responded to Madison Drive on June 7 and EMS confirmed the victim’s death. An investigation commenced due to suspicious circumstances. Linkous, who is from Blue Rock, Ohio, is currently detained …

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Mother gave 6-year-old son enough allergy medicine to kill a man

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The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina have charged a mother and her husband with criminal offences in connection to the death of the mother’s 6-year-old son. On October 30, paramedics and law enforcement arrived at the Greer home of Sarah Elizabeth Stewart, 32, and Christopher Allen Stewart, 48, to find the boy, identified only by his first name, Aydon, unresponsive. It was reported that the boy had fallen out of a recliner, hitting …

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WATCH: US veteran takes down knife-wielding man in Walmart

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A Walmart customer, including a veteran, was captured on video subduing a man waving around a knife and threatening others at the South Carolina store. The incident occurred on Jan. 4 at a Walmart store in Columbia, according to local news station WIS-TV. An employee captured video footage of a man shouting and swearing inside a store while brandishing a knife. “I was at the self-checkout where I work, and the customer came in and …

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Wife attacks spouse after seeing phone

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The couple’s South Carolina vacation ended before it even started when the woman was arrested for allegedly attacking her husband at the airport after she found lewd images on his phone. Following a violent confrontation at the Charleston International Airport on Wednesday, Paula Barbour, 55, was charged with third-degree domestic violence. In response to an “active domestic” call at 2:50 p.m., police discovered the couple in the midst of an altercation. “The suspect stated that …

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South Carolina couple arrested for leaving toddler home during trip out of state

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The parents of a 2-year-old boy have been arrested in Charlestown, South Carolina, allegedly for abandoning him while on a trip to New York. Charleston Police said officers were called to the couple’s home on Thursday after an apartment manager reported finding a child alone in the apartment. At about 2 p.m., police arrived at the apartment complex, where they were told that they had attempted to contact Donald Gekonge, 24, but were unable to. …

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VIDEO: Boeing 747 has wheel fall off seconds after takeoff

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Footage captures moment Boeing 747 Dreamlifter loses a wheel after take-off – AeroTime Following Tuesday morning’s takeoff from Taranto in southern Italy, a wheel fell off a giant Boeing Co. cargo jet.  The video posted on Twitter shows black smoke billowing out of the Dreamlifter’s undercarriage at high speed and a wheel like a giant bowling ball bouncing as it flew towards the runway before bouncing away again.  The aircraft, operated by Atlas Air Worldwide …

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3-year-old kills mother with gun

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South Carolina 3-year-old accidentally kills mom in front of grandmother in shooting: cops – New York Post South Carolina officials report that a toddler fatally shot his own mother on Wednesday. Shortly before 8 a.m., the 3-year-old grabbed the unsecured gun in their Spartanburg home and shot her, a sheriff’s official wrote on Facebook. It was two hours later that the 33-year-old mother died at a local hospital. A grandmother who witnessed the murder told …

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