DNA link ties Butler to Sumter County murder case
Authorities say DNA from 51-year-old James Earnest Butler, jailed on burglary charges, matches evidence from 66-year-old James Davis home, linking Butler to a Sumter County killing in February 2009 during a burglary. Butler to face charges after serving unrelated sentence. attorney status unclear.
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Man stabbed to death in Pickens County fight
In Central, Pickens County officials reported one man killed and another injured after a Thursday night fight. Police Chief Kerry Avery said responders found a deceased man and a second man with superficial wounds. Coroner Randy Kelly identified the deceased as 59-year-old Roger Myles from a neck stab wound.
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