AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) – The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of an Aiken homeless man.
According to authorities, law enforcement responded at 5:28 A.M. and the Coroner’s Office responded at 5:45 A.M. on Friday to Sassafras Road at Edgefield Road after the body of a black male, who has been identified as Darrelle Wheeler, 36, was found.
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The Coroner’s Office states that Wheeler was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:04 A.M.
According to the Coroner’s Office, Wheeler had a traumatic injury to his upper chest and will be autopsied in Newberry next week to determine his cause and manner of death…