{"id":160734,"date":"2022-07-20T15:11:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=160734"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:11:08","slug":"chilling-update-in-murder-of-4-yr-old-in-greenville-county-as-half-brother-17-accused-of-dumping-her-body-in-trash-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/chilling-update-in-murder-of-4-yr-old-in-greenville-county-as-half-brother-17-accused-of-dumping-her-body-in-trash-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling update in 'murder' of 4-yr-old in Greenville County as half-brother, 17, accused of 'dumping her body in trash' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE half-brother of a four-year-old girl found dead in a wooded area has been arrested after police claim he suffocated the child and dumped her body in the trash.<\/p>\n

William Micah Hester, 17, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with the death of his half-sister, Joanna Lockaby.<\/p>\n


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Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office received a call about the missing four-year-old girl at around 2pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Little Joanna was found less than 20 minutes into the search after authorities discovered the child's body behind a home in the rural area of Pelzer, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Hester suffocated the victim, contributing to her death.<\/p>\n

Officials found Joanna's body in a plastic bin behind the home where she lived with the suspect.<\/p>\n

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Detectives are still trying to determine a motive for the killing.<\/p>\n

Hester is set to appear in court Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Greenville County deputy corner Mike Ellis said the office would treat the find as a "suspicious" death, adding that the child died sometime Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Several sheriff\u2019s office patrol cars, the Greenville County Coroner\u2019s van, and a forensics vehicle were pictured lined up on Chevy Chase Boulevard on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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