Crime & Safety
Oakville Grad Found Murdered in South Carolina
Jennifer Wilson was a 1993 graduate of Oakville High School.
graduate Jennifer Wilson, 36, was found dead inside her South Carolina home Sunday morning, the Associated Press reports.
Wilson was an assistant professor of education at the University of South Carolina. After graduating from OHS in 1993, she earned a Ph.D from the University of Missouri in 2004.
Columbia, SC, police said Wilson was stabbed and have charged Hank Hawes, 37, with murder. Police say the two dated in the past, but were not together at the time.
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The AP report, published on the Post-Dispatch website, said Hawes was arrested after attempting suicide hours after Wilson's body was found.
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