Man Ties Hands, Drowns Self After Girlfriend’s Body Found
Ternetha Bennett and William Grant /Courtesy WSOC
PAGELAND, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a man beat his girlfriend to death in Charleston County and buried her in a shallow grave, then after her body was found tied his own hands and jumped in the Pee Dee River to kill himself.
Chesterfield County Coroner Jay Brooks said 50-year-old William Grant drowned, and the shoestrings and weed wacker wire were still around his hands when he was found Saturday.
Deputies say the body of Brooks’ girlfriend, 51-year-old Ternetha Bennett, was found Friday, four days after she was last seen. A mail carrier reported a foul smell and buzzards in near Bennett’s shallow grave.
Brooks says Bennett was beaten to death. Authorities say they have video from a car wash of Grant washing what appears to be blood from his car and shoes.
