SC - Deziyah Davis, 9, & Denise Couplin, 52, murdered, Darlington Co., 17 July 2016 *arrests*

lizzyblueyez said:

Darlington,SC: A 9 yr.old girl and her Grandmother were discovered dead in their home ...

http://www.scnow.com/news/article_a4177312-4cf8-11e6-8635-b346178e3fab.html

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lisette said:

How horrible!! Were these two scumbags related to the victims?

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State prosecutors are now seeking the death penalty against the man accused of murdering an 9-year-old girl and her grandmother in July of 2016. A wrongful death suit filed by the family of the victims claims that the murders were related to drug use and other illegal activity taking place at the grandmother’s home.

Cephas Cowick was served with the notice of intent for the state to seek the death penalty on June 6, 2017.

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According to court documents, the prosecutors’ decision is motivated by the following aggravating circumstances: the victim of the murder was under 11 years of age; the murder was committed with the purpose of receiving money or something of monetary value; the case involves multiple murder victims.

Cowick’s wife, Katherine Baucom, faces two counts of murder and will be tried separately.

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Bond was granted Wednesday for the 26-year-old woman charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of a 9-year-old girl and her grandmother in Darlington County in 2016.

As of Friday morning, Baucom-Cowick was still in custody at the Darlington County Detention Center. Norton said a GPS monitoring devices must be set up before Baucom-Cowick can be released. Other conditions of her release include house arrest from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., and no contact with the victims’ families or her co-defendant Cephas Cowick.

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Bond was denied once again for Cephas Cowick, 24, who has been charged with the murders of Denise Couplin, 52, and her 9-year-old granddaughter Deziyah Davis.

The court records say the state could call the case for trial sometime in July.

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JusticeWillBeServed said:

From December:

Woman charged in murders of Darlington grandmother, child granted bond



Bond denied again for man accused of killing 9-year-old Darlington girl, grandmother

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It will be another year before Cowick will go to trial for his charges - two counts of murder; third-degree arson; criminal conspiracy; armed robbery with a deadly weapon; first-degree burglary; grand larceny less than $10,000; and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

A scheduling order filed at the end of June states jury selection for a trial won’t start until August 19, 2019.

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His wife, Katherine Baucom-Cowick, faces the same charges, but she was granted bond in December 2017. There have been no recent updates from her side of this case.

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