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SLED charges Barnwell County woman with murder

Monday, Jul 1, 2024

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Jacqueline Reid, 62, with two counts of Murder on Monday, July 1, 2024.

Details can be found in the warrants attached.

Reid was booked into the Barnwell County Detention Center.

The case will be prosecuted by the 2nd Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) was requested by the Barnwell Police Department on Sunday, February 18, 2024, to investigate the death of a pregnant 17-year-old girl found that day. The deceased was identified by the Barnwell County Coroner’s Office as Maylashia Hogg.

SLED’s investigation into the death of Maylashia Hogg and her unborn child, a baby girl to be named Londyn Charity, includes a team of people working together tirelessly to find answers. This team consists of specialists with the SLED Special Victims Unit (SVU), as well as scientists from the SLED Forensic Services Lab, SLED Regional Agents from the Low Country Investigative Unit, the SLED Crime Scene Unit, the SLED Behavioral Science Unit, the SLED Computer Crimes Unit, SLED Victim Services, the Fusion Center, and SLED K9’s, as well as law enforcement and community partners, including: the Barnwell Police Department, the Barnwell County Sheriff's Office, the Barnwell County Coroner’s Office, the Barnwell County Fire Department, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, and the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services.

"No matter where you live, no matter where you're from, everybody in this state deserves an equal level of law enforcement service,” said SLED Chief Mark Keel. “Every case is important, and every victim deserves justice.”

SLED’s investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information should call the MAYLASHIA HOGG TIP LINE: 803-896-0281, or email SLED at tips@sled.sc.gov.

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