Sister of slain Lancaster mother of two speaks out

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14-05-2025

LANCASTER, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — On Tuesday, a judge ordered three juveniles, accused of killing a Lancaster County mother, to remain in jail.
Deputies say the victim, 40-year-old Larisha Thompson, was innocent, and the juveniles and three adults are accused of killing her while she was just driving down the highway.
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Thompson was working two jobs to give her daughters, who are 12 and 20 years old, a good life.
'She made a way for them to be able to do whatever and whenever,' said Tiffany Thompson, Larisha's sister. 'She was their best friend, talked to them all day long.'
Tiffany Thompson now has to care for those girls. It's a promise she made to her sister, Larisha.
'I haven't slept. I haven't ate. I just feel sick to my stomach,' said Tiffany Thompson.
Larisha, known to family as Sharell, was on her way out for bowling with friends on May 2. But she never made it.
Family found her shot dead at the wheel of her car on the side of the road.
'It's a lot on all of us, like I said, we're numb we're angry, we're sad,' said Tiffany Thompson.
Deputies arrested three adults and three juveniles, ages 13 to 21, for Larisha's murder. The sheriff says none of the suspects are in the country legally.
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The three adults, Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos (21), Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari (18) and Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado (17), were booked into the Lancaster County Detention Center without bond.
'I just got to pray for them, I can't be angry, I'm not angry at them, I'm angry that they didn't leave her alone,' said Tiffany Thompson.
Thompson confirmed with Queen City News that the suspects are accused of using WhatsApp to plan a robbery before her sister's murder.
Detectives say the six suspects also broke into the Van Wyck Mart two days before they're accused of killing Thompson at random.
The store owner says the suspects tried to get in by shooting up a door, but they couldn't get in, so they shot up the back camera, but they missed the front one. Deputies were able to use surveillance pictures from that to catch up with them.
Investigators say the gun in the attempted break-in at the store belonged to Torres-Chirinos, and detectives confirm it was the same gun used to kill Thompson.
'I just want Sharell back, I just want my sister back,' said Tiffany Thompson.
She is staying strong, praying she'll be able to raise her nieces like their mother would.
Thompson's funeral services are scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
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