Fake Puppy Deal Turns Deadly on Rural Road in South Carolina

What was supposed to be a simple meeting to buy a puppy ended in a horrifying ambush that left a 🌴South Carolina woman dead and her body burned inside a car on the side of a rural road, authorities said.

According to the New York Post, 👤Dana Marie Kinlaw, 40, was ⚠️Killed on Jan. 22 after being lured to a secluded area in Effingham, South Carolina, under the pretense of purchasing a dog. 

Investigators allege the encounter was a setup carried out by three people who ambushed and murdered her, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.

Officials identified the suspects as 19-year-old Iryanna Jarissa Fleming, 31-year-old Daquinn Taheen Thomas, and Nikko Christopher Carraway. All three have been charged in connection with Kinlaw’s death.

Sheriff’s officials said Kinlaw traveled to Atlantic Road near Springbranch Road, a wooded stretch roughly 95 miles east of Columbia. Fleming, who authorities described as a friend of Kinlaw, was riding with her at the time.