Orangeburg, S.C. - Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell spoke Thursday during a press conference about two arrests in Alabama and one in Eutawville, SC related to the quadruple homicide that rocked the small community of Holly Hill in July 2015.
Antly "Jackie Man" Scott and Derrick Coleman were arrested in Alabama and Robert Bailey was arrested in Eutawville.
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All three are said by deputies to be responsible for the deaths of 58-year-old Jerome Butler, 28-year-old Krystal Hutto, 14-year-old Tamara Perry and 17-year-old Shamekia Sanders
"This was a lot of man hours, investigating hours that took a lot of where these guys refused to go home," Sheriff Ravenell said.
All three have been charged with four counts of first degree murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of burglary in the first degree, and one count of possession of a firearm in the commission of violent crime.
Ravenell said that this was a joint effort by a task force that was formed shortly after the murders. The agencies include the sheriff's office, FBI, SLED, South Carolina Marshals and other local agencies, with the recent addition of investigators in Alabama.
The families were updated yesterday, and it "was very emotional, bittersweet, tears of joy," Ravenell said.
Scott and Coleman are being extradited back to Orangeburg, but Bailey was in court Thursday in front of dozens of the victims' family members and friends.
"I'm not no murderer. I don't want to be labeled as a murderer and I would never hurt nobody. I might drink or smoke or whatever, but this right here is totally wrong. And they gonna see that I'm innocent. I'm still innocent until the time comes and I didn't do that," Bailey said.
At the earlier press conference Ravenell said he still believe the father of some of the victims, Christopher Dean Wright's, drug lifestyle played a role in the murders.
Wright is currently in prison.
Ravenell would not say whether Scott, Coleman or Bailey actually pulled the trigger on the victims. He also said the investigation is far from over and that more charges including murder charges may be brought forward.
The family members and friends of the victims that attended Bailey's arraignment were escorted out of the courtroom by deputies and were unable to answer any of our questions.