Crime & Safety

Slain Man's Family Members Charged with Murder

Step-grandson, step-daughter and step-son in law charged with murder of Jimmy Edwards of Ridgeville.

Dorchester County Sheriff's Office has charged three family members of a slain Ridgeville man with murder Tuesday.

Sonny Ray Jones Jr., Mary Todd Grooms and Endsley P. Grooms are facing murder charges in the death of Jimmy Edwards, 64.

Edwards died of three gunshot wounds to the head Feb. 1 at 374 Ridge Road in Ridgeville. HeΒ was found shot to death outside his home by family members.

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Jones is Edwards' step-grandson and has been charged with murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

Husband and wife Mary Todd Grooms, 54, and Endsley P. Grooms, 67, were charged with murder. Mary Todd Grooms is Edwards' step-daughter, and she is the mother of Jones.

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The investigation continues.Β 

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