Missing barber found decomposing in trash can was ‘lured’ to meet female ‘entrepreneur’ with ‘promise of making money,’ family says

A 41-year-old woman in South Carolina has been arrested in connection with the death of a 32-year-old Massachusetts man who had been missing for nearly a month before his body was found decomposing in a curbside trash can last week.

Jaida Monique Braddy was taken into custody late last month and charged with one count of accessory after the fact to a felony or murder in the slaying of David Hutchinson.

Hutchinson was initially reported missing by family members in Massachusetts on Jan. 12, according to Florence, South Carolina, CBS affiliate WBTW. His family told authorities he had traveled to Marion, South Carolina, by bus in December 2025 and was supposed to be back the first week of January. However, the family told authorities they had not heard from him since Dec. 29, 2025…

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