UPDATED: Victim Identified With Stabbing, House Fire Incident
UPDATED:
Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece identifies Ricardo Dentel Dewalt, 31, of Silverstreet, South Carolina as the victim who died on the scene of 909 Green Acres Road, Silverstreet, South Carolina.
An autopsy has been requested and will be performed this week.
Original story:
The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, the Newberry County Coroner’s Office, and the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating this incident.
Newberry County Sheriff’s Deputies, members of the Newberry County Fire Service, SLED, and the Newberry County Coroner’s Office were on the scene on Sunday of a structure fire with fatality.
Newberry County 911 received a call 2:03 pm that a structure was on fire on Green Acres Rd. in Silverstreet. Shortly thereafter a 911 telecommunicator received a call from the homeowner stating that he had been stabbed and the person that assaulted him set his house on fire.
Newberry County EMS transported the stab victim with non-life threatening stab wound to a local hospital.
Fire units from Silverstreet, Chappells, Friendly and Newberry Rescue Squad responded and extinguished the blaze. A search of the structure found a deceased victim inside.
The Newberry County Coroner’s Office will conduct an investigation in the cause of death.
The preliminary investigation by the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office revealed the property owner and another individual engaged in an argument, which resulted in the property owner being stabbed. The assailant then retreated into the structure and a fire started.
Because a fatality occurred with a fire, a SLED Arson Team has been called in to assist.
UPDATED:
Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece identifies Ricardo Dentel Dewalt, 31, of Silverstreet, South Carolina as the victim who died on the scene of 909 Green Acres Road, Silverstreet, South Carolina.
An autopsy has been requested and will be performed this week.
Original story:
The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, the Newberry County Coroner’s Office, and the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating this incident.
Newberry County Sheriff’s Deputies, members of the Newberry County Fire Service, SLED, and the Newberry County Coroner’s Office were on the scene on Sunday of a structure fire with fatality.
Newberry County 911 received a call 2:03 pm that a structure was on fire on Green Acres Rd. in Silverstreet. Shortly thereafter a 911 telecommunicator received a call from the homeowner stating that he had been stabbed and the person that assaulted him set his house on fire.
Newberry County EMS transported the stab victim with non-life threatening stab wound to a local hospital.
Fire units from Silverstreet, Chappells, Friendly and Newberry Rescue Squad responded and extinguished the blaze. A search of the structure found a deceased victim inside.
The Newberry County Coroner’s Office will conduct an investigation in the cause of death.
The preliminary investigation by the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office revealed the property owner and another individual engaged in an argument, which resulted in the property owner being stabbed. The assailant then retreated into the structure and a fire started.
Because a fatality occurred with a fire, a SLED Arson Team has been called in to assist.
