Waitress suspect in boyfriend’s death
Deputies found a 21-year-old male dead from a stab wound after responding to a call on Saturday, The State reported. A Huddle House waitress threw up as they examined Mallory Jerell Robinson’s body, and then screamed before she admitted to killing him.
Helen Louise Wells was living with her boyfriend in a mobile home, and confessed to stabbing him in the upper chest, near his heart, during an argument.
The two had been fighting about a female friend of Wells’, and she told deputies that she was afraid.
Deputies located the knife allegedly used to stab the victim from the front road of the Sumter County house. Richardson’s body was found in the living room, blocking the door, with a deep puncture wound.
Wells was charged with murder, and no bond has been set.
Virginia same-sex marriage ban struck down
Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. Although South Carolina is in the same federal judicial district, the Palmetto State’s gay marriage ban is still in effect, The State reported.
State leaders are promising to uphold the ban, including South Carolina’s attorney general and governor. The prohibition of gay marriage was added to the state Constitution in 2006 with the support of voters.
“Currently, South Carolina’s law remains intact,” said Mark Powell, a spokesman for the S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is a Republican. “People should not rush to act or react until that time when a decision is made by the highest court in the land.”