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The deaths were discovered Saturday after neighbors in Trenton reported an unconscious man in a back yard. Another body wrapped in trash bags was then found in a hole
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-dies-burying-woman-strangled-south-carolina-authorities-say-rcna28459
TRENTON, S.C. A 60-year-old man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack while burying her body in their South Carolina backyard, investigators said.
As they investigated McKinnons death, deputies found a body wrapped in trash bags in a freshly dug hole and determined it was his girlfriend, Patricia Ruth Dent, 65, investigators said.
An autopsy on Dent determined she had been strangled and neighbors told officers they saw McKinnon digging a hole in his yard the day before, deputies said.
An autopsy on McKinnon determined he died of a heart attack. Deputies said it appeared he was nearly done filling the grave when he set the shovel down, walked away and collapsed.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Hell awaits.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)...at least I'm on track for a management position.
Coventina
(27,169 posts)As the Hellbound tend to do!
underpants
(182,868 posts)4 stars
malaise
(269,157 posts)That is all
relayerbob
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(5,851 posts)MuseRider
(34,115 posts)I hope it was a long and painful heart attack. Being strangled cannot be any fun and can actually take a while depending on the stranglers skills. Yup, a long and painful heart attack.
FakeNoose
(32,725 posts)Condolences to the victim's loved ones.