Author: Associated Press

Coroner: Jail death of Black man changed to a homicide

A coroner has changed the death certificate of a mentally ill Black man who died in a South Carolina jail earlier this year to say he died by homicide. Attorneys for Jamal Sutherland’s relatives said Tuesday that the certificate originally indicated his manner of death was “undetermined.”

Coroner: Mother, son shot multiple times

A mother and son from a prominent legal family were shot multiple times before they died. Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey told The Island Packet Monday that both Paul Murdaugh and his mother Maggie were shot multiple times June 7 before they died.