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A person accused of killing 5 individuals in South Carolina was arrested in neighboring Georgia after he allegedly dedicated one other crime, authorities mentioned Tuesday.
Deputies arrested James Douglas Drayton of Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Monday after he robbed a fuel station with a weapon, in line with a launch from the sheriff’s workplace in Burke County, Georgia.
Investigators then discovered that Drayton, 24, was a suspect within the killings of 5 individuals the day earlier than in Inman, South Carolina.
He’s anticipated to face 5 homicide costs in South Carolina, together with 4 counts of possession of a weapon throughout a violent crime, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright mentioned. The victims had been shot, Wright mentioned.
Drayton admitted to Spartanburg County investigators who traveled to Georgia that he had killed the victims, in line with the Burke County information launch.
“I don’t have solutions to why,” Wright mentioned at a information convention.
In accordance with Burke County jail information, Drayton is being held with out bail. It’s unknown if he has an legal professional.
On Sunday, Spartanburg County deputies responded to a house in Inman on a dying name, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
Deputies discovered 4 our bodies and one individual exhibiting “indicators of life,” however the fifth sufferer died at a hospital, officers with the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The victims and the suspect have been all drug customers, Wright advised reporters, and described them as “addicts.” The victims lived on the dwelling and Drayton had been staying there for 2 weeks.
The suspect had been utilizing methamphetamine earlier than the killings in South Carolina and was awake “for like 4 days,” the sheriff mentioned.
Drayton was captured after a chase in Georgia and authorities recovered a gun, Wright mentioned. Authorities would observe “the method of what Georgia does” earlier than bringing the suspect again to South Carolina, he mentioned.
Burke County is about 140 miles south of Spartanburg County.