CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SC (WBTV) -?A?woman was killed after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted in the Jefferson area of Chesterfield County on Monday, according to Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews.
Matthews said a suspect in the case later led Chesterfield deputies to the body of a woman in her 30s in the Mount Pisgah area of Kershaw County.? Matthews said the woman, identified as Beverly Hope Melton, had been "brutally murdered" with a baseball bat.
? Nickolas Jermaine Miller, 23, has been charged in the death of Melton who authorities say was abducted from a Chesterfield County store and beaten to death in a random attack.
Sheriff Matthews says a woman in her early 30s was abducted after leaving a convenience store Monday afternoon.
Authorities say Melton told her grandmother -- who lives just 2 miles away -- that she was being followed by Miller and that she was afraid of him. That was the last time anyone spoke to Melton.
Matthews says Melton was assaulted and driven to Kershaw County, where the killing happened.
After Kershaw County deputies were alerted of the possible abduction, Chesterfield?County deputies found Melton's car in a ditch in the reverse gear with Melton's purse still inside on along Angelus Road in Jefferson.
Matthews says surveillance footage?shows Melton at a convenience store earlier in the day as she was being?harassed by?Miller. That footage also helped to provide a description of Miller and the car he was driving.
Chesterfield County deputies later stopped Miller and took him?in for questioning.?During?questioning, Miller admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Melton.
After the admission, Miller took deputies to Melton's body.
Local authorities borrowed a SLED helicopter using infrared radar, were able to locate Melton's body in a field behind two abandoned turkey barns.
It was subsequently? determined that the homicide had taken place off of Sandy Grove Rd. in the Mt. Pisgah area of Kershaw County, Matthews said.
?"This was a horribly brutal and senseless crime. One of the worst I have ever seen. To our knowledge Ms. Melton did not know her killer," said Sheriff Matthews.
"Since the actual homicide took place in Kershaw County, the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office will take over the homicide investigation. I must give credit where it is due. Chesterfield authorities jumped on this case with a vengeance. They are the ones who solved this crime."
Miller was being held Tuesday on a murder charge. He is currently charged with kidnapping and assault in Chesterfield County.
No bond has been set. Because this is a capital offense, bond will be set by a circuit court judge at a later time.
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Source: http://www.wbtv.com/story/16397159/man-in-custody-after-leading-deputies-to-body
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