Stench coming from car leads officers to body in trunk near SC college

Police said a stench coming from a car led officers to a body in the trunk of a car near Columbia College. Chief Skip Holbrook told local media outlets that officers received a tip to search a neighborhood off North Main Street, and one officer who noticed a stench coming from a vehicle found the body about 10:45 a.m. Thursday. The car was parked a block south of the private women's college. Holbrook did not give any further details. Other schools less than a mile away are Eau Claire High School, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and W.L. Bonner College.

Police said a stench coming from a car led officers to a body in the trunk of a car near Columbia College.

Chief Skip Holbrook told local media outlets that officers received a tip to search a neighborhood off North Main Street, and one officer who noticed a stench coming from a vehicle found the body about 10:45 a.m. Thursday.


The car was parked a block south of the private women's college.

Holbrook did not give any further details.



Other schools less than a mile away are Eau Claire High School, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and W.L. Bonner College.