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A body was found in the woods of a SC County, authorities say

A body was found off a rural back road in Aiken County, according to authorities.

The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the sheriff’s office said they’re investigating after they found a man’s corpse in the woods off Daisy Street, a dirt road in a sparsely developed area a few miles off Interstate 20 between Monetta and New Holland.

Investigators with the sheriff’s office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division found the body Friday around 9:30 p.m.. The person has not been identified, and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Newberry.

The authorities are treating the case as a suspicious death.

David Travis Bland
The State
David Travis Bland is The State’s editorial editor. In his prior position as a reporter, he was named the 2020 South Carolina Journalist of the Year by the SC Press Association. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2010. Support my work with a digital subscription
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