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Amy Vilardi and Rosmore Vilardi Charged With 4 Murders

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Amy Vilardi and Rosmore Vilardi are two alleged killers from South Carolina who have been charged with murders of four family members

According to police reports Amy’s mother, Cathy Scott, Cathy’s husband, Michael “Mike” Scott, Mike’s mother, Barbara Scott, and Cathy’s mother, Violet Taylor were found fatally shot inside of a home in Pendleton South Carolina on November 2 2015. Investigators at the scene said there was no forced entry into the home. Amy Vilardi would call 911 saying she discovered the four bodies

Amy Vilardi and Rosmore Vilardi were named persons of interest however there was not enough evidence until now, December 16 2023, to charged them with the four murders.

Amy Vilardi and Rosmore Vilardi remain in custody

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Update: Both suspects have been charged with four counts of murder. The judge did not set bond today. In the state of South Carolina, bonds on murder charges have to be set by a circuit court judge. That might not happen until the new year.

The Vilardi’s next hearing is February 20. The victims’ families asked the court for no bond. Amy Vilardi asked that she be set free to see her children.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office has made arrests in the 2015 homicides of four family members.

Amy Vilardi and her husband, Rosmore Vilardi, have been charged with the murders of Amy’s mother, Cathy Scott, Cathy’s husband, Michael “Mike” Scott, Mike’s mother, Barbara Scott, and Cathy’s mother, Violet Taylor.

Sheriff Chad McBride said his team arrested Amy and Ross Vilardi at their home in Columbia, South Carolina, and brought them back to Anderson County to face their murder charges.

“God bless this family. They have been through so much and they have waited so long,” McBride said.

The four were found shot to death in their home on Refuge Road in Pendleton on November 2, 2015.

Coroner Greg Shore said there was no sign of forced entry into the home or signs of a struggle and that the family was likely killed on Oct. 31, 2015.

At the time, Amy Vilardi told WYFF News 4 that she went to check on her family and found the bodies.

“When I went to knock on the back door, the door just pushed open so I walked in and it was dark and I just flipped on the light and there they were. They were just, there were there,” Amy Vilardi said in 2015.

The Vilardis lived in a separate house on the Refuge Road property.

In 2017, Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride said they had identified suspects in the case, but he did not name them. He maintained that Amy and Ross Vilardi had remained persons of interest in the case.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-quadruple-murder-arrests-anderson/46149491

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After naming two people of interest in a 2015 quadruple homicide case, two relatives have been charged with murder in Anderson County.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Amy Vilardi and her husband, Rosmore Vilardi, in Columbia on Dec. 15 after declaring them persons of interest in the case this past March.

Each has been charged with four counts of murder and is in custody in Anderson County awaiting a bond hearing.

Sheriff Chad McBride said at a Dec. 15 press conference it was a senseless, gruesome murder and one of the worst scenes investigators had ever seen.

McBride didn’t indicate what their motive might have been or what evidence was obtained in recent months to press charges. The South Carolina Attorney General’s office will be partnering with the sheriff’s office to prosecute the case, he said.

Michael and Cathy Scott and their two mothers, Violet Taylor and Barbara Scott, were found on Nov. 2, 2015, after Vilardi called 911 to report their deaths. Vilardi is Cathy Scott’s daughter and the granddaughter of Taylor.

“I’m proud of their efforts, they just don’t give up,” McBride said of the investigative team. “I applaud the family because they don’t give up, either.”

It was a team effort, including the administration before he took office in 2017, he said, and this is a great first step toward seeing justice served.

“I think we knew that this day would come,” he said. “We were praying this day would come and, so far, we’ve had some really big prayers answered.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/greenville/clemson-news/pendleton-quadruple-murder-2015-daughter-arrested/article_99719db8-9b8b-11ee-a316-6745448d271c.html

John Totherow Murders Mother In South Carolina

John Totherow was a fourteen year old teen killer from South Carolina when he would murder his mother

According to court documents police were called to a home in York County South Carolina where they believed an armed intruder was barricaded in the home. Soon police would realize the armed suspect was a fourteen year old boy. When police finally entered the home they would discover the body of Alethea Lisa Puckett Totherow who had been shot multiple times and her son John would be taken into custody

Prosecutors were attempting to get the fourteen year old moved to adult court where he would have faced a life sentence if convicted of the murder however the father of John Totherow did not want this scenario for his son. John would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and would be sentenced to twenty eight years in prison

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A 16-year-old charged with killing his mother in York County last year accepted a plea deal before a judge sentenced him.

The Sutton Springs Road incident shut down the area for hours with the SWAT team responding. At that time, police believed an armed intruder was inside the home.

Hours later, police arrested John Totherow, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder. Prosecutors said this was a difficult case given the age of the defendant and the victim being his mother.

The state tried him as an adult when the teen accepted the plea deal, but the teen’s father didn’t want his son to serve life in prison

“His father is understandably in a position that none of us would ever want to be in,” Whitney Payne, the senior solicitor for the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, said.

Kenny Totherow told the court he’s in a difficult place today because he would likely never see his son again. He recounted hugging and kissing his wife, Alethea Lisa Puckett Totherow, and his son John before leaving for work that morning.

He checked in with his wife around lunch and said he would see her later.

“Little did I know that all hell would break loose in my home,” Kenny Totherow said.

Prosecutors said John Totherow shot and killed his mother at their Sutton Springs Road home. An autopsy report showed Lisa Totherow had 12 gunshot wounds and six projectiles were recovered from her body.

Despite what happened, Kenny Totherow said he still loves his son.

“I’m sure everybody in this room looks at me and says, ‘How could you still love your son?’ Very simply, my son was a gift from God above,” said Totherow.

John Totherow, now 16, was originally charged with murder, but the solicitor’s office reduced that to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime after a plea agreement.

“Your honor we had to balance in the case the interest of protecting the public and the interest of justice, with the fact we were looking at a 14-year-old,” Payne said.

The solicitor told the judge the juvenile system was not adequate in this case because the defendant would have been released within three to five years, so he was tried as an adult when he accepted the plea deal.

“In weighing all of this, it’s murder. I mean that’s what it is,” Nathan Sheldon, attorney for John Totherow, said. “So the benefit of being able to plea to manslaughter is a benefit that we are saving hopefully years of this young man’s life.”

It’s a wish the father had as prosecutors tried the case.

“I’m probably not going to ever see him on the outside again,” Kenny Totherow said. “I’m never going be able to go to a ballgame with a grand youngin.”

As the father finished his remarks in court, he asked the judge to hug his son one last time.

“I will not give up on him. Everybody else in this room may give up on him with the exception of a few people that’s sitting here with me today, but I won’t give up on him,” Kenny Totherow said.

The judge agreed on the plea agreement with John Totherow facing 28 years in prison and required to serve 85% of that sentence. Totherow’s attorney said he will likely only serve 24 years.

https://www.wbtv.com/2023/09/12/york-co-teen-sentenced-28-years-mothers-killing/

Christina Harrison Murders Alexandria Cress Borys

christina harrison Alexandria Cress Borys

Christina Harrison is a woman from South Carolina who would shoot and kill Alexandria Cress Borys after an argument in a grocery store parking lot. According to police reports Alexandria Cress Borys and Christina Harrison would get into an argument at Kroger in Irmo, South Carolina. After the two women separated Alexandria Cress Borys would walk to her car where her two children were and Christina Harrison would pull out a gun and fatally shoot her in the back. The two women had never met before. Christina Harrison would be arrested and has been charged with murder.

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A South Carolina woman was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot after an altercation with a stranger on Valentine’s Day.

Tyler Borys said his wife, 26-year-old Alexandria Cress Borys, was loading groceries into her car at the Kroger in Irmo, South Carolina, when she got into an argument with a woman she didn’t know, according to FOX 57 Columbia.

After the argument was over, the stranger, later identified by Irmo police as 23-year-old Christina Harrison, allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Borys in the back. The couple’s children, a 2-year-old and an infant, were in the car when she was shot.

The Irmo Police Department said the incident took place around 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Officers arrived to the scene shortly after and pronounced Borys dead.

After talking with witnesses and viewing surveillance footage, Irmo police said investigators learned the two women did not know each other and were involved in a verbal altercation before the shooting.

It’s unclear what led up to the argument or what the two women were arguing about.

“Unfortunately, this is a situation where tempers flared, and someone let anger get the best of them. One rash decision has impacted the lives of two families and countless others who witnessed this tragic event.” Irmo Police Chief Bobby Dale said on Facebook. “Senseless is the only word I can think of to describe what happened today.”

Harrison initially fled from the parking lot, but called to turn herself in around 5:30 p.m. She was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center Tuesday night.

Jail records show Harrison is charged with murder, unlawfully carrying a pistol and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

The New York Post reported Harrison was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but her private attorney waived the hearing.

Tyler said his wife’s death was only six days after her younger brother Brandon died from a gunshot wound

He told local news outlets that Alexandria, who worked as a cosmetologist and was enrolled in nursing school, was “the best wife you could ever ask for” and “a great mother.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-carolina-mother-shot-death-front-young-children-kroger-parking-lot

Grandma Edna Faye Daniels Helps Grandson Conceal Murder

Edna Faye Daniels is a 78 year old Grandmother from Georgetown South Carolina who has been charged with helping her Grandson Ryan O’Neil Woodruff cover up a murder. According to police reports Ryan O’Neil Woodruff allegedly shot and killed nineteen year old TyQuez Demetrius Walker. When Edna Faye Daniels was questioned regarding her Grandson regarding the murder which took place in her house she would lie to officers on several occasions. Now Edna Faye Daniels has been charged with obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to murder.

I actually covered the Ryan O’Neil Woodruff case earlier this week as he was let out on bond for a double murder case and proceeded to kill someone else.

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second person has been arrested in connection to a murder that happened at 135 Meadow Street in Georgetown County Tuesday, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.

Edna Faye Daniels, 78, of Georgetown, was taken into custody Friday after she concealed the murder committed inside her home by her grandson, 30-year-old Ryan O’Neil Woodruff, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.

Arrest warrant affidavits said Daniels gave false information to law enforcement on several occasions while being questioned.

Woodruff was detained at the scene and is being held at the Georgetown County Detention Center pending warrant service for murder.

Daniels is also being held at the Georgetown County Detention Center on charges of obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to murder. She currently is awaiting a bond hearing.

Arrest warrants said Woodruff used a shotgun in the crime.

TyQuez Demetrius Walker, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene and died from injuries, according to the coroner.

According to an incident report, Walker was found face down in the kitchen area.

Woodruff was out on bond after being charged with the May 2021 murder of Debra Goins and Roger Woodruff Sr. on Graham Road in the Georgetown community, a release said.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office at (843) 546-5102.

https://wpde.com/news/local/georgetown-county-murder-edna-faye-daniels-ryan-oneil-woodruff-meadow-street-south-carolina-crime-1-27-23

Ryan O’Neil Woodruff Out On Bond Murders Teen

Ryan O’Neil Woodruff is a man from South Carolina who was let out of jail on bond for a double murder and now he is being charged with a third murder. According to police reports Ryan O’Neil Woodruff was originally arrested and charged in the double murder of Debra Goins and Roger Woodruff Sr. and for whatever the reason he was released on bond. Now Ryan O’Neil Woodruff has been charged in a fatal shooting that left yQuez Demetrius Walker, 19, dead. I guess we will wait and see if he will be released on bond yet again

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An investigation is underway in Georgetown County after a man was found fatally shot at a home early Wednesday morning.

Deputies with Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home on Meadow Street just after midnight where multiple witnesses said they heard gunshots and saw an unidentified group of people running down the road immediately after. The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. GCSO said.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway said TyQuez Demetrius Walker, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting.

Sheriff Carter Weaver said Ryan O’Neil Woodruff, 30, is in custody following the fatal shooting on Meadow Street Tuesday night.

oodruff was detained at the scene and further investigation resulted in his arrest.

Woodruff was out on bond after being charged with the May 2021 murder of Debra Goins and Roger Woodruff Sr. on Graham Road in the Georgetown Community. He is currently being held at the Georgetown County Detention Center pending warrant service for murder.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 843-546-5102.

https://www.wmbfnews.com/2023/01/25/suspect-run-after-1-shot-georgetown-county-home/