LANCASTER, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- New charges have been filed against a Lancaster man, including murder and criminal sexual conduct, as investigators revealed more on Friday about a horrifying situation inside his home.

According to newly released court documents, Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr., is accused of killing Shirley Ann Arnsdorff, 49, by strangulation and/or protein-calorie malnutrition; a combination that suggests a prolonged and intentional pattern of abuse and neglect.

The Lancaster Police Department said Birchfield was responsible for Arnsdorff’s care, but instead, committed “intentional acts that led to the victim’s death.”

The incident reportedly happened at his home along Churchill Drive, inside Lancaster city limits.

During the investigation, officers discovered that mul

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