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Authorities in South Carolina have arrested three individuals in reference to a cold-case and alleged murder-for-hire greater than twenty years outdated.

Kim Burgess, 56, Tonya Burgess, 49, and Mack Hanna, 60, have all been charged in connection to the 2004 demise of 19-year-old Lindsey Simmons.

In line with the Lake Metropolis Police Division, Hanna and Simmons had a toddler collectively and he allegedly paid Kim Burgess and Tonya Burgess to kill Simmons as a way to acquire full custody.

Paperwork seen by WMBF Information state that the Burgesses entered Simmons’s house and “precipitated her demise,” noting that {the teenager} was discovered with a number of stab wounds in her neck. The incident occurred simply six days earlier than her twentieth birthday.

Hanna was additionally allegedly seen leaving the house hours after the homicide, in line with the paperwork.

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The three had been arrested December 18.

Each Kim and Tonya  Burgess had been charged with homicide, possession of a weapon throughout violent crime and felony conspiracy. Hanna was charged with accent after the actual fact to homicide.

Kim Burgess was additionally charged individually with murder by youngster abuse, aiding and abetting, in reference to the demise of her personal new child over 30 years in the past in 1992.

All three people had been denied bond on December 19, and stay in custody on the Florence County Detention Heart in Effingham, South Carolina.

“Make no mistake, this isn’t the time for a victory lap, there’s a lengthy street forward, a street that results in a conviction of all concerned,” mentioned Lake Metropolis Police Chief Patrick Miles. “For over 20 years this case has remained open, and I’m utterly humbled that we’re in a position to announce these arrests.”

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The arrests had been made with help from FBI particular brokers and members of the USA Marshals Fugitive Activity Drive.

“Our Prison Investigations Division, together with the particular brokers with the FBI, have labored tirelessly over the previous a number of months reviewing present proof, resubmitting and reevaluating every step investigators earlier than them have taken, they’ve reinterviewed witnesses and found new data,” mentioned Miles.

“Basically, they’ve gone by this case with a fine-tooth comb and finished an excellent job. Investigations into the case have led to the invention of different severe, tragic offenses,” mentioned Miles.

“All of those investigations are actively being labored and can proceed to be labored till convictions have been secured,” he added.