Two dead in Interstate-85 murder-suicide following kidnapping from Mauldin service station
A man and woman died in a murder-suicide on Interstate 85 following a kidnapping, according to authorities in Mauldin and Anderson County.
Mauldin Police Department and the Anderson County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that Nathan Orlando Cureton, 38, of Greenville, shot and killed 24-year-old Tayler Gennalee Maraj of Mauldin on May 24 before killing himself.
Mauldin Police reported receiving a call at 11:40 a.m. about a kidnapping from the Spinx on Northeast Main Street in Mauldin. When officers arrived, neither Maraj nor Cureton was there. However, police confirmed from a security video that a person with a gun forced Maraj into a blue Subaru Impreza.
Police said Cureton opened fire on Maraj, who was trapped inside the vehicle. He then continued driving before turning the gun on himself.
The car came to a stop on the northbound side of the interstate near the Piedmont exit in Anderson County. Anderson County Sheriff's Office deputies discovered Cureton and Maraj at about 12:30 p.m.
Emergency Medical Services transported Maraj to the Greenville Memorial Hospital, where she died at 12:54 p.m.
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Police said Cureton and Maraj knew each other, but the nature of their relationship was still being investigated.
Greenville County deputies arrested Cureton on Feb. 12 on domestic violence, kidnapping, and resisting arrest charges. He was released after he posted a $12,500 surety bond.
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Two dead in I-85 murder-suicide following kidnapping in Mauldin
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