Man receives two life sentences for 2021 murders of Kershaw County couple wistv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wistv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chronicle-Independent Knotts held after initial bond hearing Thomas Dwayne Knotts (right) during his initial bond hearing at the Kershaw County Detention Center on Tuesday morning. County Magistrate Judge Allen Trapp set bond for use of a vehicle without the owner’s consent at $5,000 cash/surety, but denied bond for two murder, two kidnapping and one second-degree arson charges, deferring them to be considered by a circuit court judge. Knotts allegedly killed Steven and Nancy Hales sometime on Saturday and then allegedly attempted to cover up the murders by setting their Lyttleton Street home ablaze early Sunday morning. (Martin L. Cahn/C-I)
Chronicle-Independent Man arrested for arson, double homicide in Camden Thomas Dwayne Knotts, 43, of Kershaw Highway, Camden (above), is charged with two counts of murder and one count of arson for allegedly setting a Lyttleton Street home ablaze and killing two people whose bodies were found inside. He is being held at the Kershaw County Detention Center and is expected to have his first court hearing today. As of Monday, Kershaw County Coroner David West had yet to identify the victims found inside the home. Late Sunday night, the Camden Police Department (CPD) announced it had arrested Thomas Dwayne Knotts, 43, who was arrested at a Kershaw Highway, Camden residence where he was living with family members, in connection with a Sunday morning house fire on Lyttleton Street where firefighters found two deceased people. So far, the CPD has charged Knotts with two counts each of murder and kidnapping, a