No bond for man accused in stabbing 11-year-old daughter. 6 dead in burned Green Pond home
The man accused in the deaths of six people in a house fire Sunday morning in Green Pond was denied bond on Monday afternoon.
Ryan Lenard Manigo, 33, is facing one charge of attempted murder and two charges of murder in the deaths of his sister-in-law and his 11-year-old daughter. Additional charges are expected, according to 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone.
Manigo is in custody at the Colleton County Detention Center.
Deputies responded to the house at 779 Folly Creek Lane about 11 a.m. Sunday after a report of a stabbing. According to Colleton County Sheriff Guerry L. “Buddy” Hill Jr, “when fire rescue and sheriff’s officers arrived, the house was fully engulfed (in flames).”
A 13-year-old survivor found outside the home provided police information about what had happened, said Hill. The survivor was airlifted with critical injuries to a hospital.
The bodies of six people were found inside the home.
At a news conference following Monday’s bond hearing, Hill identified two of the deceased family members as Michelle Marie Wright, Manigo’s sister-in-law, and Manigo’s 11-year-old daughter, Sariyah Manigo.
Both the woman and the child died of stab wounds, Hill said.
Ryan Manigo was arrested at the scene. He has a criminal history dating back to 2008, when he was charged but not indicted in a second-degree burglary, according to court records.
He pleaded guilty in 2010 to armed robbery and was sentenced to 15 years in prison; a related kidnapping charge was not prosecuted. By 2015, though, he was out of prison and charged with kidnapping. That charge was not prosecuted.
This story was originally published July 3, 2023 at 4:19 PM with the headline "No bond for man accused in stabbing 11-year-old daughter. 6 dead in burned Green Pond home."
