A 44-year-old Georgia man murdered his girlfriend at a South Carolina hotel while on vacation before loading her remains onto a luggage cart and sneaking the body out to his car and putting her in his trunk.
Bornold Alastair Eberhart pleaded guilty to murder in the death of 53-year-old Kristen Laymon on Tuesday, the 15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. A judge then sentenced him to 30 years behind bars.
Eberhart and Laymon left Decatur and traveled to North Myrtle Beach, where they stayed at the Wyndham Hotel on Sept. 22, 2023. They went out that night and returned to the hotel shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2023. Surveillance camera footage showed the two arguing upon their return and Laymon opening the car door while the car was still moving…