LEXINGTON, S.C. — A man is under arrest in Lexington, accused of strangling his mother and throwing her body in the river.
According to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Terry Lee Self Jr. 37, is charged with murder in the death of his mother last December.
“A canoer found the body of the suspect’s mother in the Edisto River Dec. 3,” Lexington County Jay Koon said. “Detectives confirmed the suspect and his mother were at the suspect’s house and left there together after an argument.”
The victim was identified as Regina Arroyo, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher.
“Detectives have been working on this case for seven months zeroing in on the person responsible Ms. Arroyo’s death,” Koon said. “We hope to give her family members and loved ones some sense of closure.”
Self is being held in Richland County at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on an unrelated charge.
Lexington County investigators charged him Monday and brought him before a magistrate who denied him bond.