Man arrested in Georgetown double murder was related to victims, police say
Police have one man in custody for a double murder this weekend, Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver announced Monday.
On Saturday, May 22, deputies responded to 118 Graham Road in reference to two dead people who neighbors located while checking on them. The victims, Debra Goins and Roger Woodruff Sr., were found with multiple blunt force trauma wounds to their heads, police say.
Monday evening, investigators obtained arrest warrants charging Ryan O’Neil Woodruff, a 29-year-old Georgetown man, with two counts of murder. Woodruff was related to one of the victims and was living with them at the time of the murders, police say.
Woodruff is currently in custody in Williamsburg County Detention Center for attempted murder charges pertaining to an unrelated incident that occurred this past weekend. Woodruff is awaiting a bond hearing there before he can be charged with the murders in Georgetown.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information is asked to call Senior Investigator Hank Carrison at 843-436-6058.
This story was originally published May 24, 2021 at 6:20 PM.
