Two S.C. men fatally shot, buried and burned over unpaid taxi fare, police say
Source: Washington Post
Two S.C. men fatally shot, buried and burned over unpaid taxi fare, police say
By Lindsey Bever March 7 at 2:31 PM
In the early hours of Saturday morning, James Edward Loftis rode a taxi from a strip club to his home in Goose Creek, S.C., not far from Charleston, according to court documents.
When he got there, he later told police, the driver and another man followed him in demanding that he pay his fare. Ill get your money, he said he told them.
Instead, he told police, he walked into another room, returned with a semiautomatic handgun and fired eight shots, striking the two men.
Loftis said that he dragged their bodies to his back yard and dumped them in a shallow grave, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/03/07/ill-get-your-money-two-men-fatally-shot-buried-and-burned-over-unpaid-taxi-fare-police-say/
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Wife to police: Goose Creek man accused of killing, burying two had history of mental issues
Andrew Knapp @offlede
Mar 7 2016 12:34 pm Mar 7 7:46 pm
The wife of a man accused of slaying, burning and burying two people at his Goose Creek home told investigators that her husband has a history of mental instability.
But at least one neighbor of James Edward Loftis called him an excellent father and a kind person who had never raised concern in the community. Many knew him as Eddie.
Loftis, 39, had been arrested three other times in South Carolina, all on misdemeanor charges from more than a decade ago. He now faces two counts of murder in the deaths early Saturday of a taxi driver and another person, both of whom have not been named publicly.
A neighbor, Celeste Ward, said she and her family had befriended Loftis after moving to the community in 2002. Their children also became friends.
More:
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160307/PC16/160309518
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