Crime & Safety

21-Year-Old Accused of Strangling Man to Death

Police say the 21-year-old was fighting with the other man before he strangled him.

West Columbia Police arrested a 21-year-old man who they say strangled another man to death Thursday morning. 

Mykell Anthony Lerch is charged with murder in the death of Mark Anthony Zeigler, 32, according to the West Columbia Police Department. 

Police say the two men were fighting early Thursday morning in the home they shared at 1137 Seminole Drive when Lerch strangled Zeigler during the struggle. 

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When police arrived later, they found Zeigler's body and started investigating his death. 

Lerch is being held at the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.     

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