A South Carolina man suspected of killing two women in Clarendon and Charleston counties and suspected of killing another woman who is missing has been caught.
Jeffery Eady, 31, of 1054 527 Subdivision Road, was arrested Saturday night in Mexico Beach, Fla. Clarendon County authorities said the vehicle investigators believe the suspect was driving was found in Bay County, Fla., after a car chase and a wreck. Officers then pursued the suspect on foot and apprehended him.
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A weapon officers think was used in both known South Carolina killings was recovered earlier Saturday in Panama City, Fla.
Eady is suspected of killing Clarendon County recycling center employee Maybell White, 65, and a convenience store clerk in Charleston County. He also is a person of interest in the missing persons case of Sadie Brown, 77, of the Oakdale community of New Zion in Clarendon County. Brown is believed dead and authorities were continuing to search late Saturday night for her body.
Investigators think Brown’s body is in a heavily wooded area, less than three miles from where she lived, near where her vehicle was found early Friday. She was reported missing Thursday. White’s body was found later the same day at the 527 Subdivision Road recycling center, the same area where Brown lived.
Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett said Eady is being charged with murder, grand larceny, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and credit card fraud. He also will be charged with murder by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators on Friday were able to link the weapon used in White’s killing to the shooting death of Charleston County convenience store employee Crystal Johnson.
Officers from Clarendon and Charleston counties were flying Saturday night to Florida.
Eady also is suspected of robbing a convenience store in Macon, Ga., and later trying to cash in stolen lottery tickets.
According to the Associated Press, Eady served 10 years in state prison for armed robbery. Toward the end of his sentence, he cut off an electronic monitoring device and was sent back to prison to serve the remainder of his term and was released in October.
