A man from a small town in South Carolina died of a heart attack while burying the body of his wife he had strangled inside of their home, according to officials in Edgefield County. Augusta, Georgia-based ABC affiliate WJBF reportsthat the body of Joseph McKinnon, 60, was found in his Trenton yard Saturday morning. Officials responded to the scene and found a second body – that of 65-year-old Patricia Dent – in a freshly dug pit.
Highlights
- Joseph McKinnon, 60, died of a heart attack while burying the body of his wife he strangled inside of their home.
- Officials responded to the scene and found a second body – that of Patricia Dent – in a freshly dug pit.
- Officials say the second body was that of 65-year-old Patricia Dent, who had been strangled in the home of McKinnon’s wife, was found in his Trenton, South Carolina yard Saturday morning.