The man had no signs of trauma and natural causes were suspected. (agent)
Washington:
Local officials said an American man died of a “cardiac incident” in his backyard in South Carolina after he buried a woman he had strangled.
Officers in the city of Trenton responded to reports of an unresponsive man and found 60-year-old Joseph McKinnon dead, Edgefield County Sheriff Jody Rowland and County Coroner David Burnett said in a statement carried by local media on Tuesday.
“McKinnon had no signs of trauma and natural causes were suspected,” the statement said.
“During the death investigation and reporting to relatives, a second body was found in a newly dug pit. Patricia Ruth Dent, 65, of the same address, died of foul play.”
The pit was found tied in the pit and wrapped in garbage bags. The post-mortem has confirmed the cause of death of both.
Evidence and witnesses’ statements indicate that McKinnon attacked Dent in his home.
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