Deputies Accused Of Leaving Women To Die In Hurricane Florence Charged With Manslaughter
Two South Carolina deputies tasked with transporting two detainees during Hurricane Florence have been charged with manslaughter. The deputies were accused of abandoning the women in the back of a police van, where they drowned in rising floodwaters. Stephen Flood and Joshua Bishop, both Horry County sheriff’s deputies, turned themselves in on Friday morning before a bond hearing at 9 a.m.
Both of the deputies were charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Nicolette Green, 43, and Wendy Newton, 45, who died on Sept. 18, 2018. Flood faces an additional two charges of reckless homicide, accused of driving directly into danger despite knowing the risk.
The deputies were transporting Newton and Green by van to separate mental health facilities after the pair was committed by physicians. As they attempted to drive around a barrier blocking the road along the Pee Dee River, their van was swept up by floodwaters and pinned against a guardrail.
The deputies made it out; their detainees did not. The women were reportedly unrestrained, though they would have had no way to escape without someone opening the doors for them. Their bodies, still inside the submerged van, were left overnight due to safety concerns for rescue workers.
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