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If only you personally knew them like I do
Found Deceased SC - Hubert Lee Clodfelter, 85, Georgetown County, March 2019 *wife arrested*
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ADMIN NOTE:
STOP making direct accusations against any individual who is not officially named a POI or suspect in this case.
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STOP making direct accusations against any individual who is not officially named a POI or suspect in this case.
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SEP 1, 2020
Reward offered in Murrells Inlet man's bizarre disappearance, death
The family of Hubert "Lee" Clodfelter is offering a reward of $8,000 for any answers in relation to the death of their father.
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The victim' wife, Irene Clodfelter, was arrested by the Georgetown County Sherrif's Office and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, and in Horry County on one count each of accessory after the fact to murder and desecration of human remains.
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Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry
The family of Hubert "Lee" Clodfelter is offering a reward of $8000 for answers into the death of their father. If you know ANYTHING, please contact Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry.
Reward offered in Murrells Inlet man's bizarre disappearance, death
The family of Hubert "Lee" Clodfelter is offering a reward of $8,000 for any answers in relation to the death of their father.
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The victim' wife, Irene Clodfelter, was arrested by the Georgetown County Sherrif's Office and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, and in Horry County on one count each of accessory after the fact to murder and desecration of human remains.
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Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry
The family of Hubert "Lee" Clodfelter is offering a reward of $8000 for answers into the death of their father. If you know ANYTHING, please contact Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry.
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APR 28, 2021
Exclusive: Daughters of murdered Murrells Inlet man want justice for their dad | WBTW
Exclusive: Daughters of murdered Murrells Inlet man want justice for their dad | WBTW
- Police said Clodfelter was murdered between 2017 and 2018.
- His body was found in June 2019 underneath his mobile home.
- His wife is charged in connection with his death, but no one has been charged with murder.
- News13 spoke with the daughters who are offering a reward of up to $9,000 for answers that lead to a murder charge.
- They said Clodfelter was a traveler by nature — but claim his wife Irene gave unbelievable excuses on his whereabouts and that she would answer his phone and give a reason for why he wasn’t heard from.
- LE said the biggest challenge in this case is proving who killed Clodfelter and where it happened. Family and friends last saw him alive in Dec 2016.
- Police filed a missing persons report in March 2019.
- In June, the daughters traveled from Florida to Horry County.
- Owning the title of the mobile home, they went in looking for answers.
- “Karen said ‘there’s one place we haven’t looked yet and it’s under the house,'”, Clinger said. “We went down there and we opened it up and we found dad and called 911.”
- A cause of death has not yet been released.
- Court documents show that Irene lied to police about his traveling.
- “Those charges remain,” 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said. “The two obstruction charges out of Georgetown and the accessory after the fact to murder in Horry.”
- Clodfelter’s daughters hope someone saw or heard something between early 2017 and late 2018 and are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers of the Lowcountry.
- Due to COVID, jury trials were paused and Irene’s trial was pushed back. A new date has not been set.
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I just did a google search... coming up empty.
Perhaps someone has a legal link for the case as has been crickets from above other than Pommy.
Perhaps someone has a legal link for the case as has been crickets from above other than Pommy.
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Just checked the public index for Horry County - nothing scheduled. Honestly, there has been no action on this case since 2019. This has to be frustrating for the family.
https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Horry/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx
https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Horry/PublicIndex/PISearch.aspx
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Is there nothing in Georgtown county either?
From link above "“Those charges remain,” 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said. “The two obstruction charges out of Georgetown and the accessory after the fact to murder in Horry.”
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Two obstructing justice charges in Georgetown County. Neither of those has had any movement since 2019, either.
https://publicindex.sccourts.org/georgetown/publicindex/
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Testimony begins in trial of Irene Clodfelter, accused of hiding murdered husband’s body in Horry County
Editor’s note: Some readers may find the content in this story disturbing. CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Opening statements and testimony began Tuesday morning in Horry County Circuit Court in …
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JUN 7, 2022
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According to arrest warrants, Irene Clodfelter found her husband dead under their beach home at the Myrtle Beach Travel Park on May 28.
“The defendant, believing that her son was responsible for this crime, attempted to conceal this crime by wrapping the victim’s body in plastic and wrapping tape around the plastic,” the warrants state.
Irene Clodfelter allegedly left the victim under the porch and left the area, according to the warrants.
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Following opening statements, the prosecution’s first witness was Hubert Clodfelter’s daughter KC, of Orlando, Fla., who testified about how she continuously called her dad after her last time seeing him in 2016. ...
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KC choked up on the stand when recounting when her and sister went to the home in Travel Park, where they discovered Hubert Clodfelter’s remains underneath the deck. “We were in shock...” she said. ...
Another person who took the stand Tuesday was JD, a crime scene investigator with the Horry County Police Department.
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She said when she initially stepped on the property she didn’t smell a decomposing body. It wasn’t until she began handling the bag that she could smell the remains and see a hand and a heel in a position she called “unnatural.”
She noted that the body was wrapped in black bags and strapped down with tape. She also found more items, including a sledgehammer, according to her testimony.
The prosecution also brought out DO, who was an investigator with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office at the time of Hubert Clodfelter’s disappearance.
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While DO was still on the stand, Prosecutor Oskin began playing an interview between investigators and Irene Clodfelter after Hubert Clodfelter’s remains were found.
During this interview, she talked about how Hubert Clodfelter told her he was involved in a sex ring and wanted to lay low because there was an investigation. In the recording, the defendant said the last time she saw her husband was in February 2017. She said before he left he gave $5,000 and instructed her to keep up with the business. ...
Before long, she admitted to investigators that she found her husband’s remains at the home in Myrtle Beach Travel Park, where she wrapped it up and taped it. She said she had discovered it weeks prior, but she wasn’t exactly sure when. However, she said she didn’t say anything to investigators because she suspected her son was behind it since he and Hubert Clodfelter had issues, one of them being about an insurance claim.
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DO’s testimony will resume Wednesday morning at the Horry County Clerk of Court’s building in Conway.
Trial underway for woman accused of concealing husband’s death in Horry County
Irene Clodfelter faces an accessory after the fact to murder charge in Horry County, which is what she is currently on trial for.
According to arrest warrants, Irene Clodfelter found her husband dead under their beach home at the Myrtle Beach Travel Park on May 28.
“The defendant, believing that her son was responsible for this crime, attempted to conceal this crime by wrapping the victim’s body in plastic and wrapping tape around the plastic,” the warrants state.
Irene Clodfelter allegedly left the victim under the porch and left the area, according to the warrants.
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Following opening statements, the prosecution’s first witness was Hubert Clodfelter’s daughter KC, of Orlando, Fla., who testified about how she continuously called her dad after her last time seeing him in 2016. ...
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KC choked up on the stand when recounting when her and sister went to the home in Travel Park, where they discovered Hubert Clodfelter’s remains underneath the deck. “We were in shock...” she said. ...
Another person who took the stand Tuesday was JD, a crime scene investigator with the Horry County Police Department.
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She said when she initially stepped on the property she didn’t smell a decomposing body. It wasn’t until she began handling the bag that she could smell the remains and see a hand and a heel in a position she called “unnatural.”
She noted that the body was wrapped in black bags and strapped down with tape. She also found more items, including a sledgehammer, according to her testimony.
The prosecution also brought out DO, who was an investigator with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office at the time of Hubert Clodfelter’s disappearance.
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While DO was still on the stand, Prosecutor Oskin began playing an interview between investigators and Irene Clodfelter after Hubert Clodfelter’s remains were found.
During this interview, she talked about how Hubert Clodfelter told her he was involved in a sex ring and wanted to lay low because there was an investigation. In the recording, the defendant said the last time she saw her husband was in February 2017. She said before he left he gave $5,000 and instructed her to keep up with the business. ...
Before long, she admitted to investigators that she found her husband’s remains at the home in Myrtle Beach Travel Park, where she wrapped it up and taped it. She said she had discovered it weeks prior, but she wasn’t exactly sure when. However, she said she didn’t say anything to investigators because she suspected her son was behind it since he and Hubert Clodfelter had issues, one of them being about an insurance claim.
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DO’s testimony will resume Wednesday morning at the Horry County Clerk of Court’s building in Conway.
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JUN 9, 2022
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The judge presiding over the trial of a woman charged with concealing her husband’s death in Horry County issued a direct verdict in the case on Thursday.
A directed verdict is a ruling entered by a trial judge after determining that there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to reach a different conclusion, according to Cornell Law. The trial court may grant a directed verdict either sua sponte or upon a motion by either party.
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The state charged Irene Clodfelter with accessory after the fact because that is what the evidence showed.
According to the ruling, the state could not prove murder because it could not determine where or when the victim was murdered.
The defense motion for a directed verdict dealt with the state having to prove who the actual killer was. DeBerry ruled with the defense which terminates the charge of accessory after the fact of murder.
Clodfelter still faces two counts of obstruction of justice arising out of the same incident in Georgetown County. That trial date will be set by the Honorable Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Culbertson.
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Judge issues directed verdict for woman accused of concealing husband’s death in Horry County
Irene Clodfelter still faces charges arising out of the same incident in Georgetown County.
A directed verdict is a ruling entered by a trial judge after determining that there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to reach a different conclusion, according to Cornell Law. The trial court may grant a directed verdict either sua sponte or upon a motion by either party.
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The state charged Irene Clodfelter with accessory after the fact because that is what the evidence showed.
According to the ruling, the state could not prove murder because it could not determine where or when the victim was murdered.
The defense motion for a directed verdict dealt with the state having to prove who the actual killer was. DeBerry ruled with the defense which terminates the charge of accessory after the fact of murder.
Clodfelter still faces two counts of obstruction of justice arising out of the same incident in Georgetown County. That trial date will be set by the Honorable Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Culbertson.
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JUN 10, 2022
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Hopkins said he has not decided yet if the defense will request the same motion in the two charges in Georgetown County. No trial date has been set for the Georgetown County charges.
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No suspects have been named in the killing of Hubert Clodfelter.
Murrells Inlet woman innocent of Horry County charges in husband’s death
Although found innocent of the Horry County charges, Irene Clodfelter, of Murrells Inlet, still faces charges in Georgetown County in connection with her husband's disappearance.
Hopkins said he has not decided yet if the defense will request the same motion in the two charges in Georgetown County. No trial date has been set for the Georgetown County charges.
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No suspects have been named in the killing of Hubert Clodfelter.
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South Carolina woman pleads guilty, gets prison for lying about missing husband found dead
A missing person case that turned into a homicide investigation may be over, with the victim's wife pleading guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice.
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MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (TND) — A missing person case in South Carolina that turned into a homicide investigation may be over, with the victim's wife pleading guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice.
Irene Killen Clodfelter, 78, lied about her dead husband's whereabouts and deleted information from a cell phone that may have shown communications with her husband.
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WPDE reports Clodfelter was sentenced to 10 years in prison with most suspended, and eight years of probation for each obstruction charge. The sentences will run concurrently. She did not have to be sentenced to prison on those charges.
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FEB 7, 2023
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“Somebody knows what happened to my dad and we want information, we want closure,” said Karen Chapell, one of Hubert Clodfelter’s daughters.
Hubert Clodfelter’s death was ruled a homicide, but no one has been charged with his death.
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Chapell said she doesn’t know if her step-mother has anything to do with Hubert Clodfelter’s death, but believes “she knows what happened.”
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“It was so emotional to hear her confession,” Chapell said. “I mean, that was just really very, very hard to hear — that she found him and wrapped him but never called 911, never told us, his own daughters. It’s hard to accept that someone could be so uncaring.”
Chapell said it’s upsetting that Irene Clodfelter “got off on a technicality” in the first trial.
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‘She knows what happened’: Step-daughter of Irene Clodfelter looks for answers on father’s death after guilty plea
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A daughter of Hubert Clodfelter, who was reported missing and later found dead, is still looking for answers after her step-mother, Irene Clodfelter, pleaded guilt…
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“Somebody knows what happened to my dad and we want information, we want closure,” said Karen Chapell, one of Hubert Clodfelter’s daughters.
Hubert Clodfelter’s death was ruled a homicide, but no one has been charged with his death.
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Chapell said she doesn’t know if her step-mother has anything to do with Hubert Clodfelter’s death, but believes “she knows what happened.”
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“It was so emotional to hear her confession,” Chapell said. “I mean, that was just really very, very hard to hear — that she found him and wrapped him but never called 911, never told us, his own daughters. It’s hard to accept that someone could be so uncaring.”
Chapell said it’s upsetting that Irene Clodfelter “got off on a technicality” in the first trial.
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