MARION COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — An arrest has been made in a double homicide in which two men were found dead inside a vehicle in Marion County, according to spokesperson Tammy Erwin with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities have not released the name of the suspect or said what charges they are facing.

The bodies were found in a vehicle parked off Bennett Loop Road in the Gresham community on Sept. 20, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies found the bodies after someone called 911 at about 6:45 p.m. and said there appeared to be two people dead inside the vehicle.

Deputy Coroner Jim Gray identified the victims as Christopher Cooper, 33, and Charles White Jr., 35. 

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