Man convicted of killing, dismembering body of Angie Pipkin says he should get a new trial
The man convicted of killing and dismembering Angie Pipkin before dumping her remains in a river is now asking for a new trial.
Randy Robinson filed a post-conviction rights request in Horry County this week. The filing allows a convicted person to make their case why they should be granted a new trial.
In the request, Robinson says his lawyer never filed an appeal in the case, despite Robinson asking for one.
Angie Pipkin, a 32-year-old mother of two, was reported missing from the Murrells Inlet area in January 2014. Some of her remains were found four months later in a wooded area of Florence County. The remains were located near a private hunting camp about five miles south of the U.S. 76 bridge over the Great Pee Dee River.
Investigators determined Robinson killed Pipkin at his Sullivan Drive home in the Inlet Estates off S.C. 707. Robinson then dismembered her body and disposed of it in the Great Pee Dee River in Darlington County.
A jailhouse informant also told police that Robinson confessed to killing Pipkin when he hit her in the head “too hard.” But, Robinson also said she “got what she deserved.”
Robinson later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice. Police initially charged Robinson with murder. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison and remains incarcerated at Kirkland Correctional Institute.
“I wish I could hit rewind and go back, but I can’t,” Robinson said at his November 2016 sentencing.
At the sentencing, one of Pipkin’s daughters, Taylor, told the judge that her mom would never see her graduate from college, see her get married or have children.
“We’ll never have full closure,” Taylor Pipkin said.
This story was originally published June 2, 2020 at 5:53 PM.
