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SC: 2 Men Charged with Manslaughter in Drowning Death of 2 Women Detainees Fired

HeadlineJan 07, 2019

In South Carolina, two sheriff’s deputies will be charged over the deaths of two women who drowned in a van that flooded during Hurricane Florence. Forty-five-year-old Windy Newton and 43-year-old Nicolette Green were in law enforcement custody at the time of their deaths, after they had both gone to hospitals, where they were involuntarily committed and detained. Joshua Bishop is charged with involuntary manslaughter, and Stephen Flood is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. Click here to see our coverage of this story.

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