Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Nice, kind, sweet colored man kills his ex-GF, stuffs body under house

A man is facing murder charges in Greenwood County after his former girlfriend's body was found underneath an abandoned home.

Police said they found the body of Susan Edens, 40, on Monday under the house at Pearl and Joel streets.

Investigators said Edens' family reported her missing on Friday.

A neighbor of the house called police Monday afternoon, reporting a foul odor coming from the house.

Police said that Derrick Lashawn Anderson, 31, has been arrested and charged in the case.

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Police said Tuesday that a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and putting her body under an abandoned home had tried to set up an alibi to prevent his arrest. Investigators said Derrick Lashawn Anderson, 31, strangled his ex-girlfriend, Susan Edens, 40, and put her body in a crawl space under the house at Pearl and Joel streets.

Edens family had reported her missing on Friday.

While investigating Edens' disappearance, police talked to a woman who claimed not to know anything about it, saying she was in Greenville with Anderson at the time.

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