South Carolina Pastor John-Paul Miller Indicted on Federal Charges
Death investigation
Miller’s wife, Mica Miller, committed suicide last year after what she said were years of abuse at the hands of her husband.
Murder
December 17, 2025
Cops: South Carolina Woman Runs Over Partner in Her Car, Killing Him
A South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead in a roadway earlier this month — and investigators found video on her phone showing the man walking down the road while they were having some kind of domestic dispute. Charleston County deputies said they responded to call about an …
Domestic violence
December 8, 2025
South Carolina Man Punches Wife When She Won’t Let Him Drive Drunk
Police in South Carolina arrested a Spartanburg man Saturday and charged with a domestic assault on his wife. Spartanburg Police responded to a home Saturday afternoon, where a woman said her husband, 68-year-old Michael Disantos, had threatened her when she smoked his last cigarette, WHNS reported. When he tried to leave to buy more cigarettes, …
Assault
December 3, 2025
Woman Accused of Controlling and Abusing Man Found Dead Along South Carolina Highway
A South Carolina woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon nearly two years after a man was found dead long Highway 321 in Gaston County. Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that Shirley Dukes forced Glen Miller to live in a tent behind her apartment threatened him with hammer before his body was …
Child Abuse
November 28, 2025
Dad Threatens 11-Year-Old Son for Asking for Food, Calls 911 to Have Him Removed
A South Carolina father has been jailed after he allegedly threatened his 11-year-old son when the boy asked for food. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office said that 44-year-old Thomas Baker called 911 and asked the police remove his son from the property for being “unruly” and “not listening,” but a police report says that Baker …
Murder
November 27, 2025
2 Caught in Georgia for North Carolina Murder; Body Found in South Carolina
Two people are behind bars in Georgia, awaiting extradition to North Carolina where they are charged in connection with a murder. The family of 33-year-old Jonathan Charles Shores reported him missing on November 11, but his body wasn’t found until November 20, after Jose Guadalupe Lopez, 26, and his girlfriend, 31-year-old Brennan Summer Alexander, were …
Court
November 13, 2025
South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Girlfriend, Burning Her Body
A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and setting her car ablaze with her body inside. Jarrett Haskell Davis entered the plea on Monday and was was sentenced to more than four decades in prison, WRDW reported. The remains of Megan Bodiford were found in her burned vehicle on April …
Child death
October 16, 2025
‘Skin and Bones’: 4-Year-Old Boy Found Dead After Parents Call 911
A South Carolina couple was denied bond on Thursday after they were charged in the death of their 4-year-old son. According to WHNS, medics were called to the home of Destiny Dionne and Joshua Latimer on September 19 when they called 911 to report their son, Isaiah Dionne, was unresponsive. Medical personnel said the boy …
Mass shooting
October 16, 2025
Sheriff: ‘Feud’ Led to Mass Shooting that Killed 4 at SC High School Reunion; No Arrests Yet
Investigators believe they know the identities of the shooters who opened fire at a crowded South Carolina bar on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 20 others. But Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner said that no witnesses have come forward to confirm details of the mass shooting that sent hundreds of people gathered for a …
October 13, 2025
4 Dead, 20 Wounded in Mass Shooting at High School Reunion
Four people were killed and 20 wounded in a shooting at a packed bar on one of South Carolina’s inland Sea Islands early Sunday morning. The gunfire erupted at Willie’s Bar and Grill, a well-known hotspot known for its Gullah-inspired cuisine, while hundreds of people were attending an alumni event for Beaufort County’s Battery Creek …
Murder
October 10, 2025
Daughter Charged After Missing Dad Found Dead at Home Where Both Lived
A South Carolina woman has been charged with the murder of her father, whose body was found this week at his home after being reported missing in June. Neighbors said James Wheeler, 78, had only recently moved into the Edgefield County home where his daughter, Monica Lee Wheeler-Walter, 57, had lived for years, although the …
Child sex crimes
October 8, 2025
Update: South Carolina Teacher Faces 24 Counts of Sexually Battering Students
A South Carolina high school teacher who resigned last month in the midst of an investigation into inappropriate relationships with students now faces 24 counts of sexual battery of student. The new charges relate to another victim, investigators told WHNS. Micah Keith Lanford was initially charged with eight counts last month shortly after his resignation …