Sheriff: Man dies of heart attack after burying girlfriend in backyard

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Investigators said evidence shows the 60-year-old strangled his girlfriend and was burying her body in the backyard when he died of a heart attack.

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office says evidence shows Joseph McKinnon, 60, strangled his girlfriend Patricia Dent, 65, and was burying her body in the backyard when he died of a heart attack.

reports McKinnon set his shovel aside while he was covering a pit. Authorities said he tried to walk away but experienced a heart attack and died.“I’m shocked. I didn’t see any of this coming,” said Patricia Dent’s twin sister Pamela Briggs. “Everybody who ever met her liked her. She was just full of energy and working at 65.”

Dent was also supposed to be at work at Mount Vintage Golf Club that day, but she didn’t show up, according to what an employee told deputies.Copyright 2022 WRDW via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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