South Carolina husband strangled wife, dumped her body in woods with help from roommates before joining search party: police
A South Carolina husband allegedly murdered his wife and dumped her body near a lake with the help of his two roommates before joining in on search parties looking for his wife who was reported missing.Jessica Barnes, 20, was last seen on Aug.1 at her Pendleton, SC home that she shared with her husband, Brandon Barnes and two roommates Kendall Mims and Victoria Tippett.She was not reported missing until her mother Cecilia Varvara contacted the Pendleton Police Department on Sept.
10.Varvara had received text messages from her daughter, but didn’t believe they were from her because of how they weren’t written, according to WYFF.“Details surrounding the disappearance were vague and material and personnel from (the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division) were required and needed for this continued investigation,” Pendleton Police Chief Robert Crosby said during a press conference on Wednesday.Barnes’ mysterious disappearance sparked an investigation leading law enforcement agents from multiple departments to launch a search for her.During the investigation, a “potential site” was found in the Twin Lakes area of Pickens County, just south of Clemson University, six miles from the Pendleton home.They were led to a wooded area near the Twin Lakes Boat Ramp when a vehicle Barnes usually drove was pinged, WYFF reported.Human remains were discovered at the site on Sept.
20, with forensic analysis identifying the body as Jessica Barnes on Oct.1.Detectives searched the home where the Barnes, Mims and Tippett lived and questioned the trio, but no one was viewed as a suspect, Crosby said at the time.“There was some issues with her and her husband.
They were having the typical marital disputes, argumentative, and then, she just left,” Crosby said.Police were told that Jessica Barnes didn’t reveal where she was going to her husband and roommates.Brandon Barnes and Tippett were seen putting up missing person flyers around Pendleton, six days after the remain...