‘He will kill again; he likes it’: S.C. serial killer gets life in prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A South Carolina man convicted in a series of four murders in two states more than 20 years ago finally learned his fate.
Quincy Allen, 44, from Columbia, was sentenced to death for two of those murders in South Carolina. That sentence was overturned in 2022.
Allen agreed to a new sentence and provided renewed closure for the victim’s families.
Quincy Allen’s attorneys and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office were set to appear in court one week from Monday, but because both parties reached a sentencing agreement that was signed by a judge Monday, his new sentence was announced.
He was given life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Law enforcement referred to Allen as a serial killer after shooting 44-year old Dale Hall and burning her body on July 10, 2002.
Just a few weeks later on Aug. 8, Jedidiah Harr, 22, was shot in the head. The next day, Allen killed two men at a convenience store in North Carolina.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott recalls the horror Richland County faced in 2002.
“It’s the terror we had in our community, people were scared to death. We had a serial killer that had gone wild. And it scared our community, everybody was scared,” said Lott.
In the court room, the solicitor’s office presented the judge with facts surrounding the case and brought forth a victim’s impact statement from Jedidiah Harr’s brother, Scott Farwell.
Farwell told the judge, “Jedidiah was kind, funny and always had a smile on his face.”
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Farwell was the only representative of victims to appear in court today.
Sheriff Lott said it’s because of the system.
“He’s a lucky man, because the system wore the victims down, as you heard today, they just didn’t want to be here or they said, ‘We are tired.’ This is 22 years later, they are tired, and the system shouldn’t be this way,” Lott said.
Allen was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was appealed because of several factors including his mental health. Attorneys presented in court evidence that showed he had attempted suicide attempts, had schizophrenia, and an abusive childhood.
“He will kill again, he likes it, he likes it and he will do it again,” Lott said.
In court, Farwell said: “Allen made his choice freely.”
Allen waived all appellate rights, post-conviction relief rights, any and all review methods by g the sentencing agreement on Monday.
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