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The Lexington County Coroner s office says a missing Richland County teen who was murdered died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Coroner Margaret Fisher released the results of an autopsy done Friday on 15-year-old Sanaa Amenhotep. The autopsy was conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Fisher officially ruled the teen s death a homicide.
Amenhotep was reported missing on April 5, and Fisher said based on their findings, they now believe she was killed the same day of her disappearance.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Amenhotep s body was discovered in Lexington County early Thursday morning in a wooded are off Interstate 20 near Batesburg-Leesville.
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RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced Thursday that a missing 15-year-old girl was found dead, and officers believe she was murdered. He also announced they ve arrested one suspect and are looking for another in the case.
Lott said Thursday morning that Sanaa Amenhotep s body was discovered in Lexington County. Sanaa s mother reported her missing on April 5 and did not stop looking for her.
Missing 15-year-old found dead in Lexington County
VIDEO: Missing Columbia teen found dead in Lexington County By WIS News 10 Staff | April 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM EDT - Updated April 29 at 4:19 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Sheriff Leon Lott says missing Columbia teen Sanaa Amenhotep has been found dead Thursday morning in Lexington County.
Officials say one person has been arrested and officers are searching for one other person.
According to Sheriff Lott, Amenhotep left with two male acquaintances on April 5. Sheriff Lott says a juvenile was arrested in connection with the case on kidnapping charges Wednesday. Sheriff Lott says there is also kidnapping warrant out on Treveon Jamar Nelson.
Lexington Co. holding funeral service for unclaimed Veterans By WIS News 10 Staff | April 29, 2021 at 5:15 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 5:46 PM
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - The Lexington County Coronerâs Office has announced it will be holding a funeral service for two unclaimed veterans that died in Lexington County.
The cremated remains of United States Army Veteran PFC John J. Schaedel and Air Force Veteran AMN Bernie B. Brewer will be laid to rest by the American Legion Post 193 of Chapin.
The funeral service, with military honors, will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 30 at Fort Jackson National Cemetery.
15-year-old missing for more than 3 weeks found dead in SC Sanaa Amenhotep was just 15 years old and a freshman at Richland Northeast High School. (Source: Family photo) By WIS News 10 Staff | April 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 2:12 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Deputies said a Columbia teenager who was missing for more than three weeks was found dead Wednesday night in Lexington County.
Sanaa Amenhotep, who was just 15 years old, was last seen April 5 when she left her house in northeast Columbia with another teen girl and two males. Her body was found off of Rish Drive in Lexington County. (Source: WIS TV)