GREEN POND, SC — South Carolina police have charged a suspect with the attempted murder of the sole survivor of a house fire where authorities found six bodies Sunday morning.
Authorities found the deceased victims and one person in critical condition at a home on Green Pond around 11 am, the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The survivor was airlifted to a hospital from Green Pond, about 42 miles west of Charleston.
The names and ages of the survivor and the six victims were not immediately released.
Ryan Lenard Manigo, 33, was charged with attempted murder and is being held at the Colleton Detention Center as part of the ongoing investigation. Additional charges may be filed pending autopsy results, according to the statement.
Arson investigators with the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division are assisting with the case, the sheriff’s office said.
