South Carolina murder suspect planned to escape by having fellow prisoners set a fire and attack guards, authorities say.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge planned an escape from a county jail in South Carolina by having fellow prisoners set fire to a mattress and attack guards trying to help them escape the smoke while he scaled a barbed wire-topped fence, authorities said.
The sheriff said he poured as many deputies and other officers into the search as he could because Stinnette was so dangerous. Stinnette killed a man during an argument in 2018, buried his body and dug it up twice because he feared someone was talking to police before finally dumping the remains in Lake Marion, Dennis said.The escape plan started around 7 p.m. Thursday when an inmate set fire to a mattress.
Stinnette got his mother and three other people to help him dig up and move 24-year-old Jerry Johnson's body after shooting him, according to court documents. They are all charged with accessory after the fact in the killing, but Dennis said at a news conference deputies don't think they had anything to do with the escape.Stinnette had cuts and other injuries from scaling the fence and appeared to have been bitten by a snake.
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