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| Todd Kohlhepp confesses to seven killings in South Carolina | Todd Kohlhepp confesses to seven killings in South Carolina |
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| Todd Kohlhepp, the man arrested after a woman was found "chained like a dog" on his property in South Carolina, has confessed to seven killings, a sheriff says. | Todd Kohlhepp, the man arrested after a woman was found "chained like a dog" on his property in South Carolina, has confessed to seven killings, a sheriff says. |
| Kohlhepp told police on Saturday that he was responsible for the deaths of four people in 2003. | Kohlhepp told police on Saturday that he was responsible for the deaths of four people in 2003. |
| He also showed law enforcement officers where he said he had buried two other victims on his property. | He also showed law enforcement officers where he said he had buried two other victims on his property. |
| This comes after the discovery of a body at the 95-acre site on Friday. | This comes after the discovery of a body at the 95-acre site on Friday. |
| Registered sex offender Kohlhepp, 45, has been charged with four counts of murder and one of kidnapping. | |
| He was arrested on Thursday when police found a woman on his property chained in a container. | |
| She had been missing, along with her boyfriend, since late August. | She had been missing, along with her boyfriend, since late August. |
| The woman was discovered after police heard banging noises and screams from inside a metal shipping container in Woodruff, 80 miles (130km) northwest of the state capital of Columbia. | The woman was discovered after police heard banging noises and screams from inside a metal shipping container in Woodruff, 80 miles (130km) northwest of the state capital of Columbia. |
| It was described by Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright as "a hellish place to be locked in hot weather. No lights, no windows, no air flow". | It was described by Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright as "a hellish place to be locked in hot weather. No lights, no windows, no air flow". |
| Officers had been led to the property thanks to a tip-off by a sex-crime investigator. | Officers had been led to the property thanks to a tip-off by a sex-crime investigator. |
| The woman told officers that Kohlhepp had shot and killed her boyfriend in front of her. | The woman told officers that Kohlhepp had shot and killed her boyfriend in front of her. |
| Mr Wright confirmed on Saturday that the body found on the site a day earlier was that of her boyfriend Charles Carver, 32. | Mr Wright confirmed on Saturday that the body found on the site a day earlier was that of her boyfriend Charles Carver, 32. |
| "They're obviously heartbroken," he said after talking to the Carver family. "It's terrible." | "They're obviously heartbroken," he said after talking to the Carver family. "It's terrible." |
| Mr Carver died of multiple gunshot wounds. | Mr Carver died of multiple gunshot wounds. |
| Kohlhepp told investigators that he was also the gunman behind the fatal shooting in 2003 of four people at a motorcycle shop in Chesnee near Spartanburg, South Carolina. | Kohlhepp told investigators that he was also the gunman behind the fatal shooting in 2003 of four people at a motorcycle shop in Chesnee near Spartanburg, South Carolina. |