SOCASTEE, SC (WBTW) – The Horry County coroner’s office says DNA evidence confirms the identity of the second murder victim whose body was found in a burned car in Socastee at the end of July.
Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden says her office received DNA confirmation that Matthew Autry, 29, originally from Kewshaw but living in Myrtle Beach, was the second victim killed and burned in July.
Autry’s body was one of two discovered in a torched car found in the Socastee area July 27.
McSpadden says the first victim was identified as 35-year-old Shawn David Anderson, originally of Laurens, South Carolina.
Horry County police arrested and charged four men with murder after the two bodies were found inside a burned vehicle on Butler Road, just off Enterprise Road in Socastee, south of Myrtle Beach.
Michael W. Faile, 37, and Zachary Stell, 31, of Myrtle Beach have been charged with two counts of murder. David L. Cook, 44, of Little River and William D. Tatum, 37, of Myrtle Beach are charged with two counts of murder, as well as arson and drug charges.
Captain John Harrelson, with the Horry County Police Department, says Miranda Nicole Owens was also arrested and charged with accessory after the fact to a felony a, b, c, or murder.
A missing persons advisory for Owens was previously issued by the HCPD in June.
Harrelson also says two others are wanted in the case: Jeret Cox and Shannon Ray Little. Both men are wanted for accessory after the fact to a felony a, b, c, or murder.
