Crime & Safety
Suspect in Murder-for-Hire Plot Commits Suicide
Man accused in murder-for-hire plot found hanged in jail cell.
A suspect in the murder-for-hire plot targeting at Mount Pleasant Realtor and treasurer of the South Carolina Lottery Commission has died in jail, according to media reports.
Samuel Yenawine, 38, of Kentucky, was found hanged in his Georgetown County jail cell around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Georgetown Times. Foul play is not suspected.
Yenawine, Aaron Russell Wilkinson, 38, Wendy Annette Moore, 37, and Rachel Palmer, 36, have been arrested and charged with an alleged plot to kill Nancy Latham, a prominent Realtor and Lottery Commission member.
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