America
Suspect in Indian-American couple's murder arrested
Washington, Aug 18
A 20-year-old man suspected
of killing an Indian-origin couple in the US state of South Carolina
has been arrested, a media report said.
Joshua Poacher was
arrested and charged with the murders of Kantibhai A. Patel, 72, and his
wife Hansaben K. Patel, 67, in Jasper county, WJCL News reported.
The
Indian-origin couple was murdered on Sunday morning at their hotel in
Point South. Their bodies were found by hotel staff who alerted police.
Jasper County Sheriff Greg Jenkins said Poacher was arrested on Monday after he tried to use credit cards taken from the Patels.
An investigation into the killings has been launched.
"What
led up to that, what was the relationship between the three
individuals, we have no idea," Jenkins said, adding there were no
witness accounts or reports of an argument.