Man dies while burying woman he strangled, South Carolina officials say
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.
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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.
Deputies found Joseph Anthony McKinnon’s body Saturday after neighbors called and reported an unconscious man in a yard in Trenton, the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
As they investigated McKinnon’s 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.
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Re: Poetic Justice?
I was wondering why our Russian neighbours haven't been down for a year. My German friend said, well, not only are Russians now not coming but they can longer access their funds, so standing utility orders, rates and non-resident income taxes for their villas aren't being paid. Not that there are that many here, but it's creating a small hole in Spain's finances. Should never have let them come. Poetic justice indeed.