Woman found dead in home ID’d as Lexington sheriff’s department employee

A woman found dead in her Lexington County home Tuesday was an employee of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

Lindsey Nicole Lee, 31, died of a “sharp force injury,” according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. A State Law Enforcement Division spokesman said Wednesday that SLED agents are investigating Lee’s death as a homicide.

Deputies went to a home on the 200 block of Haleywood Lane near the Columbia Metropolitan Airport around 9 a.m. Tuesday to perform a welfare check, officials have said. They found Lee’s body inside the home.

Additional details about the killing weren’t immediately available. So far there have been no arrests.

“Lindsey was a valued member of the LCSD family and an integral part of our team,” Sheriff Jay Koon said. “We’ve extended our heartfelt condolences to her family, and we’re actively helping them through this very difficult time.”

Koon said Lee joined the Sheriff’s Department in 2011. She worked in the department’s IT unit, according to Capt. Adam Myrick.

Koon asked SLED to investigate the death because of a potential conflict of interest with his office investigating it.

“It’s not unusual for us to be asked either to assist or to take over an investigation,” SLED spokesman Thom Berry said. He added that the agency sent agents from its crime scene and Midlands regional units to the neighborhood.

This story was originally published March 14, 2017 at 7:35 PM with the headline "Woman found dead in home ID’d as Lexington sheriff’s department employee."