South Carolina police believe a man died of a heart attack while burying a woman he had just strangled to death.
Police in Edgefield County discovered the body of Joseph Anthony McKinnon, 60, in his yard on Saturday, and during their investigation, they found the woman he lived with, Patricia Ruth Dent, 65, in a"freshly dug pit," according to authorities.
An autopsy performed on Dent showed that she died by strangulation, according to the local media reports.After killing Dent, McKinnon"bound her and wrapped her in trash bags before putting her in the previously dug pit,” the county sheriff said.
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