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 web posted October 31, 2007 Below: Sheriff Dobey and Coroner Burnett confer (rear left of photo)  EDGEFIELD – Three
people are dead in what
authorities are referring to as a double murder-suicide at a home on
the 200 block of Pickens Street in Edgefield. 911 received the call
from a neighbor around 4:48pm stating that the three bodies had been
discovered. Edgefield Police and Sheriff’s Deputies raced to the scene
and found the bodies of a man, a woman, and a female teenager. According to Edgefield Police Chief Ronnie Carter the three appeared to have died from gunshot wounds, but that will be determined after the autopsy. Edgefield Coroner Thurmond Burnett said the deaths probably occurred sometime Tuesday morning. Chief Carter said the grandmother discovered the bodies when she came to the home and made entry. A neighbor across the street, Jamie Wise, said he made the call to 911. “I walked out to get my mail and I saw a woman with some kids keep knocking on the door. I guess she got in some how and came out screaming they were all dead.” He said the woman was extremely upset and he then called police. None of the other children entered the home.  Neighbors said the
husband took one of the children to school on
Tuesday morning and returned to the home. What transpired next is what
police are trying to piece together and they are staying tightlipped on
what evidence they have so far. The names of the victims have not been
released pending the notification of family members.The bodies were found in separate rooms, two bodies in one room and one body in another. Chief Carter would not say who they suspected to be the shooter at this point of the investigation or what type of weapon that was used. There were at least three additional children in the family. The youngest two were with the grandmother and a third was dropped off from a ride to school and was waiting in the yard due to the house being locked. The children are staying with nearby family members at the present time. Edgefield County Sheriff Adell Dobey said he wished the express his condolences to the family members. “There are several families that have been affected by this tragedy.” The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s (SLED) forensic team was still processing the scene into the night before the bodies would allowed to be moved from the scene. One neighbor stated the family had just returned from a vacation on Sunday. The family has lived in the white colonial home for close to two years. Coroner Burnett said the autopsy would be conducted Wednesday at 10 am in Newberry and he would be able to provide more information at that time. EdgefieldDaily.com will place the information online as soon as it becomes available. The murders are the first in Edgefield County this year. A total of twelve deaths have been reported this year. Two from horseback incidents, one from an industrial event, six traffic fatalities and now the three in the murder-suicide. ©
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