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January 7, 2019

SC: 2 Men Charged with Manslaughter in Drowning Death of 2 Women Detainees Fired
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In South Carolina, two sheriff's deputies will be charged over the
deaths of two women who drowned in a van that flooded during Hurricane
Florence. Forty-five-year-old Windy Newton and 43-year-old Nicolette
Green were in law enforcement custody at the time of their deaths, after
they had both gone to hospitals, where they were involuntarily committed
and detained. Joshua Bishop is charged with involuntary manslaughter,
and Stephen Flood is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless
homicide. Click here to see our coverage of this story.


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