South Carolina Serial Killer Says There Are More Victims
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that, in an eight-page letter, Todd Kohlhepp wrote that he tried to tell investigators and informed the FBI, but he said "it was blown off." He also wrote, "At this point, I really don't see reason to give numbers or locations."
Don Wood, chief division counsel with the FBI's Columbia office, said the agency has a pending investigation, but wouldn't comment specifically on what the FBI is doing.
The 46-year-old Kohlhepp pleaded guilty in May to seven counts of murder for killings that took place over more than a decade, all as he ran a real estate business. He was sentenced to life in prison.
A serial killer sentenced to life in prison says there are more victims than the seven he confessed to killing. Todd Kohlhepp was convicted of kidnapping Kayla Brown and murdering seven other people in South Carolina. @DeMarcoReports has more https://t.co/5EvBM0lgro pic.twitter.com/BRkywB1lYe
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His string of crimes was uncovered in 2016 after police rescued a woman chained at the neck in a storage container and investigators found a body buried in a shallow grave. The woman told investigators she saw Kohlhepp shoot and kill her boyfriend, who went with her for a cleaning job on the suspect's property.
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