CHARLESTON — In late February 2020, Buddy Carr and Mark Walton reunited in Charleston to attend a mutual friend’s funeral. It had been a while since the two had seen one another so they shared a few drinks the night prior to the service.

Joined by Walton’s girlfriend and the woman’s close coworker Celia Sweeney , the foursome enjoyed a hearty night out with the men becoming much more intoxicated than their female companions.

Later, Carr passed out drunk in Sweeney’s West Ashley apartment. Walton said he left Carr there and had a tiff with his girlfriend in a nearby unit.

When Sweeney seemingly disappeared the next day, first her boyfriend and then the police entered her apartment to find a bloody scene. It was a “horror show,” said Ninth Circuit Assistant Solicitor Chad Simpson.

Carr

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