Police arrested a man accused of holding four people captive, one of whom died in the basement of his home in Lancaster, South Carolina.
Since his Aug. 1 arrest, Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr. was hit with several charges, including abuse of a vulnerable adult, false imprisonment, and domestic violence, according to The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina.
Birchfield, 35, is currently jailed at the Lancaster County Detention Center. His bond was set at $150,000, according to an Inmate Search document.
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“We are still investigating, and there could be more charges coming,” Lancaster Police Department spokeswoman Erin Tindal said.
Police began investigating Birchfield on July 25, when they received a call about an “unattended death” at his home, The Post and Courier reported Monday.
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