Man Dies While Burying His Girlfriend After Allegedly Strangling Her

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A South Carolina man died of a heart attack after allegedly strangling his girlfriend to death.

According to reports, police found the body of Joseph McKinnon in the small town of Trenton, South Carolina, on Saturday after neighbors reported an unconscious man laying in his yard.

EMTs were called to the scene but were unable to revive the 60-year-old. Shortly after finding Joseph’s body, investigators learned the gruesome reason why he was in the backyard in the first place: the man was burying a body wrapped in bin bags in a newly dug hole.

Officials identified the body as Joseph’s partner, Patricia Dent, who lived at the same home on Tanglewood Drive, according to a statement from Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. Related: Father Killed On Freeway Picking Up Toy His Child Threw Out Car Window The Edgefield County Sheriff said a post-mortem found that Joseph strangled the 65-year-old inside the home, and that neighbors recalled seeing him digging a hole in the yard the day before.