No police calls to Murrells Inlet home before shooting deaths
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Murrells Inlet Homocide
Murrells Inlet Homocide
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Horry County Police investigators responded to a home inside Mt. Gilead Saturday and found two people shot to death. Investigators said the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide, but the investigation conitnues.
Published: January 5, 2009
Updated: January 6, 2009
Horry County Police continue investigating what happened inside a Mt. Gilead home Saturday that left a newlywed couple dead.
County police and rescue crews responded to the home Saturday afternoon and found the bodies of 30-year-old Richard Lawhon and his wife, Hanna Lawhon, according to police.
Richard Lawhon died from a single gunshot wound; Hanna died from multiple gunshots, according to deputy coroner Tamara Willard.
There were no police calls to the home before Saturday, according to Horry County Police Lieutenant Bob Carr.
Friends who knew the couple said the Lawhons were recently married and were high school sweethearts.
County investigators said the incident could be the result of a murder-suicide, but couldn’t confirm that until test results come back from evidence collected at the scene.
You can count on News13 to update this story throughout the day as details become available.
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The loss of such a vibrant young woman is beyond comprehension. My deepest sympathy to the families; they will never have the answer to all there questions of why but will have to place their trust in faith and the love of others. God bless and peace.
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