CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – Solicitor Jimmy Richardson says his office will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing two convenience store clerks in separate robberies in January 2015.
Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson announced Tuesday he served notice of intent to seek the death penalty against McKinley Lee Daniels, 34, of Loris. Daniels is charged with two other men in connection with the separate fatal shootings of two Horry County convenience store clerks last year.
Notice that Richardson plans to seek the death penalty was served Tuesday to Daniels and his attorneys, James Galmore and Bill McGuire.
Certified copies of two warrants charging Daniels with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Bala Paruchuri and Trisha Stull were served Tuesday, Richardson said. Paruchuri was fatally shot Jan. 2, 2015, and Stull was fatally shot Jan. 25, 2015, during separate robberies of two convenience stores in Horry County.
In Paruchuri and Stull’s deaths, Daniels is charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of armed robbery, two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, failure to stop for a blue light, possession of a stolen vehicle and resisting arrest.
Daniels is also charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in connection with an unrelated incident Jan. 25, 2015, at another convenience store located in the Lake Arrowhead area of North Myrtle Beach.
The two other men charged along with Daniels are Jerome Jenkins Jr., 21, of Loris and James Elbert Daniels Jr., 28, of Nichols.
Last week, Richardson filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty to Jenkins, also on two counts of murder in Paruchuri and Stull’s deaths.
James Daniels has not been served a notice to seek the death penalty, Richardson said. All suspected killers remain in jail.
