FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - A woman is in jail after a deadly stabbing in Florence on Monday, and the victim has been identified.

Officers with the Florence Police Department responded to the 500 block of West Dixie Street near North McQueen Street for a stabbing.

Police charged Brenda Wingate, 58, of Florence, with murder, accusing her of stabbing the victim.

Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken identified the victim as 54-year-old Patrick McKenzie, of Florence.

Wingate was arrested in 2022 for stabbing McKenzie, according to police.

Public records show that an attempted murder charge and a weapons charge in that case were dismissed.

The coroner said McKenzie’s body will be taken to the Medical University of South Carolina for an autopsy.

Anyone with information on the case is asked

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