A South Carolina man already behind bars over allegations of holding several people captive in his basement for years is now facing even greater legal jeopardy, prosecutors announced this week.

Over the summer, Donnie Ray Birchfield, Jr., 35, was charged with 16 counts related to the alleged underground confinement of four adults, as Law&Crime previously reported .

As of Friday, the defendant is facing a total of 18 charges.

Birchfield currently stands accused of one count each of murder, criminal sexual conduct, financial identity fraud, financial card fraud, two counts each of financial card theft, abuse of a vulnerable adult, and domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, as well as four counts each of false imprisonment and exploitation of a vulnerable adult, according to th

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