“We would ask for the person who has done this to come forward and be brave about it,” a grieving aunt said.
A still, predawn hour in Spartanburg County in South Carolina was shattered by a grim discovery in a shopping center parking lot, launching a multi-agency investigation and leaving a young family grappling with sudden loss.
Deputies arriving at the scene found a woman dead under circumstances authorities say point to a violent hit-and-run, one that investigators believe unfolded quietly and ended just as abruptly, with the driver vanishing into the darkness.
A Quiet Parking Lot and a Sudden Death
According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called at about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2026, about a body found in a shopping center parking lot…