Charged in relation to the senseless murder of a South Carolina mother earlier this month were six illegal immigrants, whose ages range from 13 to 21, supposedly communicating via text messages about the incident post the event.
Sheriff’s deputies from Lancaster County uncovered Larisha Sharell Thompson, aged 40, lifeless with a gunshot wound while seated in her vehicle on Riverside Road in Lancaster, a town situated about an hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 2.
Authorities revealed on May 12 the apprehension of Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos, aged 21; Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari, aged 18; Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado, aged 17; and three underage individuals, aged 13, 14, and 15, in connection with Thompson’s tragic demise and an additional break-in that occurred on April 30.
Sixth Circuit Deputy Solicitor Melissa McGinnis said all six suspects charged admitted to robbing a car during a May 14 hearing, as The Rock Hill Herald first reported.
“I would suspect – again, without knowing all the ins and outs of this case – that the state will seek to have the younger ones being cooperating defendants in exchange for lesser sentences,” he said.
The three juvenile suspects are also charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary.
All six suspects are subject to removal from the United States under federal immigration law based on their immigration status, the sheriff’s office said.
“The Department of Homeland Security has placed detainers on these six,” Faile said. “That doesn’t mean the federal government will scoop them up and send them out of the country before their cases are heard in court. It simply means if, for any reason, any one or more of them becomes eligible for release before their charges are resolved in court, Homeland Security will take custody of them, and they will not be back out on the street. Our intention is that all six remain detained until they face the full weight of our judicial system.”
