Published Date:
06 July 2009
OFFICIALS in South Carolina this weekend said a teenage girl shot in her father's store has become the fifth person slain by a suspected serial killer.
Cherokee County coroner Dennis Fowler said 15-year-old Abby Tyler died at a Spartanburg hospital on Saturday morning. Her death came two days after she was wounded and her father was killed on Thursday at their family's furniture and appliance shop near the town of Gaffney.
Sheriff Bill Blanton said investigators believe the killings are linked and the search is on for a suspected serial killer. An 83-year-old mother and her daughter were shot dead on Wednesday, and a 63-year-old peach farmer was found dead a week ago.
Mr Blanton said all the victims were shot but would not say how the deaths were linked.
The shootings have prompted fear in Cherokee County. The county had just six homicides in all of 2008, and that was double the number reported the year before.
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Last Updated:
05 July 2009 10:14 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
