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http://www.wbtw.com/story/26118554/...y-14-year-old-florence-county-double-homicide
When the case took place nearly 14 years ago, Florence County Coroner Keith Von Lutcken, was in forensics and arrived on the scene of a double homicide that would haunt him to this day.
"The amount of... I guess you would say violence, that was involved in this case... (was highly unusual)," Von Lutcken said. Investigators discovered Evans, stabbed in her home and left to die near her three young children. They'd later also discover her common-law husband, Coates, dead from gunshot wounds, under a bridge near the river.
http://www.scnow.com/news/local/article_c435a893-241c-55f6-b054-22138869644d.html
Although investigators determiend Coates died before Evans, Evans body was found first by their daughter, who was 8 at the time, in the bathroom of the familys home at 1701½ Carter Corner Road. Evans throat was slit and she had been stabbed several times. Her daughter and then-5-year-old twin sons were asleep in a nearby bedroom.
Florence County sheriffs investigators initially sought Coates for questioning in connection with Evans death, but those plans quickly changed when Coates body was found some three miles away from the residence under a small bridge off of Paper Mill Bridge Road. He had been shot more than once...
Although no clear motive has been established in the case, Kirby said investigators believe the killer or killers knew the couple. There were no signs of a struggle or forced entry, so were pretty sure Paul and Wanda willingly let this person or persons in the house, Kirby said.