Investigators with the Union County Sheriff's Office work the scene of a double homicide at a home in Jonesville on Tuesday.
TIM KIMZEY/tim.kimzey@shj.com
Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 1:07 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 1:07 p.m.
The Union County Sheriff's Office has released the names of two people found dead in a Jonesville home Monday night, and the case is now being investigated as a double homicide.
Sheriff David Taylor said Gretchen Dawn Parker, 51, and her husband, Charles Marvin Parker, 59, were found on separate couches in their home at 2809 Furman Fendley Highway.
During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, authorities said Charles Parker was shot in the chest and neck, as well as stabbed multiple times. His wife was shot in the chest and stabbed multiple times in the abdomen and chest.
An autopsy found the gunshot wounds to be the cause of death.
Authorities think the killings occurred sometime on Sunday.
A call from a concerned neighbor led deputies to the discovery of the two bodies about at 8:45 p.m. Monday.
The case is being investigated as a double homicide, Taylor said.
A forensics unit from the State Law Enforcement Division arrived during the night to assist in gathering evidence at the home and was still at the scene Tuesday.
A neighbor went by the home at about 6 p.m. and didn't get an answer at the door. The neighbor went to the home two more times over the next couple of hours, and called 911 about 8 p.m.
The first deputy to arrive found the back door open but was unable to get past seven Chihuahua-type dogs. Every time deputies tried to go near the bodies, the dogs growled and would not let them approach.
?The dogs would not let us get to the bodies at first,? Taylor said Monday night. ?They were protective of the victims. We had to call Animal Control.?
Animal Control seized the dogs, along with about seven puppies.
In total, nine dogs were found at the home, including another dog under a couch on Tuesday morning, Taylor said.
There was no forced entry to the home.
The bodies were taken to Newberry for autopsies. The manner of death has not been determined, Taylor said, as the autopsies were still being conducted early Tuesday afternoon.
Charles Parker was considered a ?shade tree? mechanic and worked on cars at his home.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Taylor said investigators have been unable to determine a motive and had no leads.
?We don't think robbery was a motive,? he said.
Anyone with information about the case may call the Union County Sheriff's Office at 864-429-1611 or CrimeStoppers at 864-427-0800.
Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130723/articles/130729886
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