Black Shoots Pregnant White Coalburner Then Himself in Motel Murder-Suicide

Isaiah Gedeon and Kodie Patrick

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The Daily Independent:

Two Ashlanders are dead following a murder-suicide in a South Carolina town early Wednesday morning.

Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Kodie Patrick and Isaiah R. Gedeon, both of the Ashland area, were found dead outside of a motel room in the town of Hartsville, South Carolina.

Hardee said Gedeon shot Patrick and then turned the gun on himself, listing the cause of death at between 3:30 and 4 a.m. Wednesday.

Patrick, according to local news outlets, was pregnant at the time of her death.

The investigation is still in the early stages, Hartsville spokeswoman Lauren Baker said. She said police are still sorting out why the two were in the town of 7,000 people in the first place.

“It’s too early to say for sure at this time,” she said.

The town is located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, located in the northeastern portion of the state. Baker described the town as “small and quaint” and not really a tourist destination because it is away from the coast.

“People live here and work here; we don’t have a lot of visitors,” she said. “We’re known for our charm, but we’re not a destination spot.”

The area is rife with tobacco and cotton fields, Baker said. She said the motel the two were found outside of was in an isolated spot on the edge of town.