South Carolina double homicide suspects both from Steuben County
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP/WENY/WSPA) - Two men originally from Steuben County, N.Y., are charged with murder after sheriff's deputies found two bodies buried at a house in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Local news outlets report 39-year-old Jonathan Galligan and 41-year-old Christian Daniel Hurlburt were arrested Saturday.
According to WENY records and public records online, Galligan is from the Bath, N.Y. area.
Hurlburt is listed as a level 3 sex offender on the New York State Sex Offender Registry. Hurlburt's last known address in the registry was in Prattsburgh, N.Y.
Deputies say the bodies they found buried in shallow graves on Friday are 27-year-old Christin Renee Bunner of Spartanburg and 40-year-old Melissa Fairlee Rhymer of Mountville. Galligan is charged with Bunner's death, while Hurlburt is charged with killing Rhymer.
According to WSPA-TV, Rhymer was not reported missing, but Bunner was reported missing since December of 2018 -- according to a missing person poster.
The arrests came after Hurlburt shot himself in the head in front of deputies on Wednesday, survived, and then told deputies he witnessed Galligan kill Brunner and helped bury her.
Galligan was arrested Saturday. Hurlburt was released from the hospital Saturday.
Both men have been jailed without bail following a hearing. It's unclear if they have lawyers.
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