Windsor remains identified; victim died from gunshot wounds
WINDSOR, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Aiken County Coroner’s Office has identified the human remains found on Wendy Lane last week as 39-year-old John T. Belote of Graniteville.
On July 14, the Aiken County Coroner’s Office along with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, conducted an investigation after a body was found buried in the woods in the 300 block of Wendy Lane in the Windsor area of Aiken County.
Through DNA testing from the Coroner’s Office, they’re now saying the victim has been identified as 39- year-old John T. Belote of Graniteville, South Carolina.
Belote’s family says he was last seen June 28 around the Windsor and Graniteville area and had suspicions the body discovered was the 39-year-old’s.
The Coroner’s Office says an autopsy conducted in Newberry, South Carolina determined Belote’s cause of death was due to multiple gunshot wounds.
Capt. Eric Abdullah with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Cody Wooten, one of the three men initially charged earlier this week, was re-arrested yesterday and he has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
Abdullah also says 51-year-old Donald Britton, also initially charged and currently in the Aiken County Detention Center, is now also charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
The Coroner’s Office along with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office are continuing with the investigation.
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