HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — An 11-year-old Horry County girl who died from head injuries in June was also a victim of alleged human trafficking that was only uncovered after her death, 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said.
A’kyri Bell died on June 13 at a Carolina Forest hospital after an incident at a home on Sago Palms Drive off Highway 501 and Legends Drive. Authorities initially arrested Camisha McGaskey, the girl’s guardian and a distant cousin, with obstruction of justice, before upgrading the charge to murder.
Then, on July 28, McGaskey and Margaret Roberson, another woman in the home, were charged with five counts of trafficking minors and criminal conspiracy…