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Maryam Khanum

Missing South Carolina Woman Was Strangled by Husband, Body Was Buried by Roommates: Police

20-year-old Jessica Barnes went missing on Aug. 2 (Credit: Town of Pendleton Municipal Complex, South Carolina/Facebook)

A South Carolina man has been charged with killing his wife and his roommates have been charged with helping him move her body weeks after she was reported missing, according to law enforcement.

Ten days after she was reported missing by her mother, 20-year-old Pendleton resident Jessica Barnes was found deceased in the Twin Lakes area of Pickens County on Sept. 20. Last seen on Aug. 2, Barnes' body was located miles away from her home in Anderson County.

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