Monday, June 28, 2010

Pendleton, SC: Anderson Co. Sheriff's Office Investigating Murder-Suicide

By wspa.com staff
Published: June 27, 2010
Updated: June 28, 2010 - 12:41 PM

PENDLETON, S.C. --
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide.

Deputies responded to 200 Sleepy Hollow Road in Pendleton early Saturday morning. When deputies arrived they found 2 people dead on the kitchen floor, one male and one female.

Anderson County deputy coroner Charlie Boseman says the female victim was 46-year-old Kathy Valkenburg.

Valkenburg at at the incident address. The male's identity hasn't been released at this point.

The Coroner's office says Valkenburg and a friend were inside the home when a man came in the home.

Boseman says the male shot Valkenburg and the friend of Kathy left the residence jumped the fence and went to the next door neighbors home to call 911.

The coroner says the man victim turned the gun on himself.

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