COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Authorities confirmed Thursday that a recent escapee from the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice is charged with the murder of a Columbia teenager earlier this year.
During a press conference, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the 16-year-old who escaped from DJJ’s detention center on Sunday is one of two suspects facing murder charges in the death of 13-year-old Ka’Niyah Baker. Police said Baker’s body was discovered after a January house fire in Columbia in January after being beaten, stabbed and burned.
Lott said DJJ asked for his department’s assistance at around 6 p.m. Sunday for an escapee and a search began. Nearly three hours later, Lott said a car believed to be involved was pulled over on Wilson Boulevard and Sharpe Road…