Coroner identifies woman found in wooded area in Florence County (Source: Unsplash) By WMBF News Staff | May 3, 2021 at 3:41 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 3:41 PM
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - The Florence County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman who was found in a wooded area on Sunday.
Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken said 50-year-old Mary Brown of Timmonsville was found inside a vehicle.
Maj. Mike Nunn with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office added that the body was discovered near East Old Marion Highway and Ashby Road.
The coroner said Brown’s body will be autopsied Wednesday morning at MUSC in Charleston in order to find out exactly how she died.
Deputies investigating after body found in Florence County (Source: Unsplash) By WMBF News Staff | May 2, 2021 at 2:17 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 2:28 PM
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - Authorities are investigating after a body was found in part of the Pee Dee on Sunday.
Maj. Mike Nunn with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office said the body was found in a wooded area near East Old Marion Highway and Ashby Road.
Nunn added the case is being treated as an “apparent homicide.”
The Florence County Coroner’s Office is also investigating.
More details were not immediately available.
Stay with WMBF News for updates.
Authorities investigate apparent homicide in Florence County Crime scene tape. (Source: Raycom images) By WMBF News Staff | April 23, 2021 at 4:46 AM EDT - Updated April 23 at 5:10 AM
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – Authorities in Florence County are investigating an apparent homicide early Friday morning.
Deputies responded to reports of a shooting into a vehicle on Howe Springs Road around 12:40 a.m. and found one person dead, a press release from the Florence County Sheriff’s Office stated.
The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The FCSO and the Florence County Coroner’s Office are investigating.
One dead, another injured after head-on crash on U.S. 76 in Florence County Ambulance generic (Source: WALB) By WMBF News Staff | April 22, 2021 at 12:31 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 12:34 PM
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – One person is dead and another is hurt after a head-on crash in Florence County.
According to Master Trooper Brian Lee with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 5:05 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 76.
Lee said a Mitsubishi was traveling east on U.S. 76 in the westbound lane when the vehicle collided head-on with a Kia, also traveling westbound.
A passenger in the Mitsubishi was killed, Lee confirmed. He added the driver of the Kia was taken to the hospital.