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SC sheriff: Searching for killer of 5

5 people killed in South Carolina in one week

Updated: Monday, 06 Jul 2009, 8:57 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 06 Jul 2009, 7:47 AM EDT

    GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina sheriff says deputies are searching to find the man they believe has killed five people in a week.

    Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that the three separate shootings are linked through evidence.

    A peach farmer was killed June 27. An elderly woman and her daughter were shot dead last Wednesday. Then a father and his 15-year-old daughter died after being shot Thursday.

    Blanton says deputies are searching for a man about 6 feet 2 inches tall with salt-and-pepper hair.

    Hundreds of people thronged funeral services Sunday for the mother and daughter. The crime spree terrorizing Cherokee County forced many people to curtail Fourth of July festivities.

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