Stephen Stanko sparked a nationwide manhunt in 2006 when he killed two people in South Carolina, raped and brutally attacked one of the victim’s daughters, then left the area in a stolen pickup truck.
Stanko’s crime spree started in April that year when he beat and strangled his girlfriend, Laura Ling, to death in the home they shared in Georgetown County, then raped the woman’s daughter before slashing her throat. The young girl managed to survive and later testified against Stanko at one of his trials.
Stanko left his girlfriend’s house after the crimes and went to see his friend, 74-year-old Henry Turner, in Horry County. During the course of the visit, Stanko shot and killed Turner, using a pillow as a silencer…