YORK COUNTY, S.C. — The York County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stabbing that left one person dead on Thursday.
A 55-year-old man was charged with murder after a woman was found stabbed to death.
Deputies responded to a call to assist medical personnel with a person who was unconscious and not breathing at a home in the Beacon Knoll Villas gated community, off Pleasant Road in Fort Mill.
Detectives found the victim has suffered stab wounds. The victim's identity was later shared by the coroner's office as 59-year-old Rachael Pesce. Police said the woman was the suspect's sister.
This is the first homicide of 2023 in York County, according to deputies.
Anyone with information regarding this case to call the York County Sheriff’s Office at 803-628-3059.
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