Body of missing Myrtle Beach woman found under firepit; South Carolina man charged: Police

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Body of missing Myrtle Beach woman found under firepit; South Carolina man charged: Police

A South Carolina man suspected of ******** his roommate has been arrested and charged with ******* after the woman’s body was found ******* under a firepit earlier this summer.

Penni Whiteside had been missing for more than two years before police in June searched the yard outside her Myrtle Beach home to find her ********. Whiteside was 51 years old when she was last seen in the spring of 2022, according to a

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from the Myrtle Beach Police Department.

On Thursday, police arrested 54-year-old Sheridan Dirk Fogle, who was living with Whiteside at the time. Police said Fogle was being charged with ******* in connection with the woman’s ******.

Penni Whiteside went missing in May 2022

Based on

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, Whiteside had been making plans as early as April 2021 to move from Surfside Beach in South Carolina to Myrtle Beach.

By May 2022, she was reported missing, prompting Myrtle Beach police to begin an investigation into her disappearance. According to a

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on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, the last contact with Whiteside was on Jan. 3, 2022.

For more than two years, Whiteside’s fate remained a mystery until neighbors told police they had reason to believe the woman was ******* under the firepit in the backyard of a home she shared with Fogle. Investigators obtained a search warrant on June 12 for the property, where they uncovered human ********, police said.

On Thursday, the Horry County Coroner’s Office confirmed that the ******** were those of Whiteside. That same day, Fogle was arrested in Orangeburg, a South Carolina town about 140 miles west of Myrtle Beach.

In a statement, police called Whiteside’s ****** “a tragic loss of life and a senseless ****** of *********,” and asked the community to “continue to pray for the family and friends of the victim.”

Cause, manner of Whiteside’s ****** unknown

The coroner’s office has not yet released a cause or manner of ****** in the case.

It also ******** unclear whether investigators have determined a suspected motive in Whiteside’s slaying.

USA TODAY left messages Monday morning for Myrtle Beach police and the coroner’s office that were not immediately returned.

Fogle appeared in court on Friday, where a judge decided against setting a bond for his release,

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. Fogle is next due in court Oct. 25.

Neighbors who

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expressed shock about Whiteside’s ******.

“You have kids playing at the park here every day, and birthday parties, weddings,” Nikolai Zaitsev told the outlet. “And I’m sure nobody around here had a clue about what was actually going on.”

Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at *****@*****.tld

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