WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office says an arrest has been made in the murder of Williamsburg County postal worker Irene Pressley.
Sheriff Stephen Gardner confirms that an arrest has been made in the Monday shooting death of Pressley. The Sheriff’s Office has not yet announced the name of the person who has been arrested, reports Live5News on Saturday afternoon.
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Authorities in Williamsburg County, South Carolina were actively seeking the suspect in the murder of the mail carrier who was found shot to death along her Andrews route on Monday, according to reports.
Authorities are searching for a suspect in the murder of the 64-year-old Williamsburg County mail carrier.
Coroner Harrison McKnight says, Pressley was found shot to death Monday afternoon inside her marked USPS delivery SUV on Morrisville Road.
United States Postal Inspection Service spokesperson Jessica Adams says Pressley, of Big Bay Rd, Andrews, SC, was on her mail delivery route when she was killed.
Neither the Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office nor the Postal Inspection Service would say if any suspects have been identified or a possible motive for the murder, reports WBTV.
Adams says when the person is caught and if convicted, that person could face a federal death penalty.
The State Law Enforcement Division is assisting in the investigation.
Anyone with possible information on the death is asked to contact police at 911.
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Geo quick facts: Williamsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census its population was 34,423. The county seat is Kingstree. After a previous incarnation of Williamsburg County, the current county was created in 1804. Andrews is a town in Georgetown and Williamsburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 2,861 at the 2010 census, down from 3,068 in 2000. General aviation airfield Robert F. Swinnie Airport is located 2 miles east of the central business district. South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands. Coastal Charleston is a historic city, defined by pastel-colored houses, Old South plantations and Fort Sumter, where the Civil War’s opening shots were fired. To the north is the Grand Strand, a roughly 60-mile stretch of beachfront known for golf courses and the vacation town Myrtle Beach – Wikipedia.