May 11, 2022- 8:39 a.m.
A man who strangled his girlfriend died of a heart attack as he buried her in their backyard, police in South Carolina said.
Joseph McKinnon, 60, dug a hole in the couple’s Trenton yard before killing Patricia Dent, 65, Saturday morning.
He then tied up her body and wrapped it in trash bags, according to Edgefield County cops.
Police were called after neighbors spotted McKinnon’s motionless body in the yard just before 10am.
Attending the scene, cops found no sign of foul play and suspected McKinnon had died of natural causes.
While notifying his next of kin, they found the body of Patricia Ruth. She had been strangled.
