Recordings reveal shift from missing-person story to self-defense in Myrtle Beach murder case

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Newly released recordings show how the man convicted of killing his girlfriend changed his account from saying she went missing to claiming self-defense.

A jury found Sheridan Fogle guilty of murdering Penni Whiteside on Oct. 29. A judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Whiteside was reported missing in May 2022. More than two years later, on June 12, 2024, police obtained a search warrant for the apartment complex where the couple had lived. Investigators excavated a fire pit and found Whiteside’s remains in a wooden box…

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