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South Carolina Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty In Quintuple Homicide

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South Carolina prosecutors have announced their intention to seek the death penalty against a 26-year-old man, James Douglas Drayton, who was arrested nearly two years ago for the fatal shooting of five individuals. The victims were discovered in a home in Inman, located approximately 13 miles northwest of Spartanburg.

Drayton faces charges of five counts of murder and five counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The victims included Thomas Ellis Anderson, James Derek Baldwin, Mark Allen Hewitt, Adam Daniel Morley, and Roman Christean Megael Rocha, who tragically passed away at a hospital following the shooting.

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