SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Authorities have announced an arrest in connection with the murder of two Lowcountry women found dead in Sumter County.

Tiamo Henry Mitchell Drakeford is charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and desecration of human remains.

Although Drakeford was apprehended, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said the investigation into the deaths of Kristen Grissom and Christine Marie McAbee is continuing. Sheriff Dennis also said additional arrests are expected.

Grissom, 38, of North Charleston, and McAbee, 35, of Walterboro, were found dead by a landowner in a wooded clearing off Richbow Road on Friday, Aug. 8. Authorities responded to the area near Rembert around 1:17 p.m. that day.

Investigators believe the two women's bodies were dro

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