BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of Sunday’s drowning victim on the Cooper River near Pimlico. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, the victim has been identified as 21-year-old Hunter Morris of Goose Creek. On Sunday around, 2:30 p.m. the Berkeley County Rescue Squad was dispatched to the Cooper River near Pimlico to a boating accident. […]
ST. STEPHEN, S.C.–The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found early Thursday morning in St. Stephen. According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, around 4:30 a.m. a newspaper delivery lady found 81-year-old Edward Wagner of St. Stephen lying in his front yard. EMS was called to the scene and determined he was deceased. The cause of death has not been […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Wednesday, the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office released a list of deaths reported and worked in Berkeley County over the last six years. According to Coroner Bill Salisbury, 12 deaths from 2016 are still pending an autopsy. The report shows that the coroner’s office responded to 989 deaths in Berkeley County last year–an increase of 56 from the previous year. […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–During the Berkeley County Rescue Squad‘s annual Christmas dinner Friday night at Wampee in Pinopolis, two special guests were in attendance: Cpl. Kimber Gist and Captain Will Rogers of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. Both were shot in the line of duty nine months apart from one another. Chief Bill Salisbury and the rest of the rescue squad […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A Lowcountry man is fortunate to be alive after his boat took on water Sunday morning. Around 9 a.m., the Berkeley County Rescue Squad was notified of an overturned boat on Lake Moultrie. Bennie Bunch, 60, of Ladson was fishing in a bass tournament when his 21-foot-bass boat filled with water. Chief Bill Salisbury stated that he was able […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, on Thursday around 5:15 p.m. Robin Vick, 61, of Goose Creek was traveling south on Highway 52 when her vehicle went off the right side of the roadway. The coroner stated that her vehicle overturned and she was partial ejected. Salisbury stated that she was pinned under the vehicle and was […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury has officially ruled the recent death of a Hanahan woman as a homicide. According to an autopsy performed Thursday at MUSC, Melanie Rivera, 39, died from asphyxiation due to manual strangulation. Police say they were conducting a welfare check when they discovered Rivera’s body stuffed inside an apartment closet on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say concerned co-workers contacted […]
HANAHAN, S.C.–Authorities say they are investigating a case involving a woman’s body found stuffed inside a Hanahan apartment on Election Day. Her death has been ruled a homicide. According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, around 2 p.m. on Tuesday his office was notified that a body was found in an apartment in the City of Hanahan. “I responded to 5000 […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–On Friday, Oct. 21, at 9:32 p.m. the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office was called to Trident Hospital for a death involving a motorcyclist, according to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury. Salisbury stated that Spencer Davin Robinson, 20, of Goose Creek was involved in a fatal collision with a truck. Robinson was the operator of the motorcycle. He was […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–After several hours of searching, the Berkeley County Rescue Squad recovered the body of man who fell out of his boat while fishing with his son. Crews got the call shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday and launched their boats from the William H. Dennis Boat Landing shortly after. Approximately three hours later, crews located the body of 65-year-old […]
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