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Thomas McDowell was sentenced to life in prison for breaking into a Lexington County home to kidnap and kill 4-year-old Jessica Gutierrez in the 1986 cold case.

Thomas McDowell was convicted of charges of murder, kidnapping, and burglary in the death of Jessica Gutierrez.

Witnesses took the stand Feb. 6 for the trial in the murder case of a 4-year-old girl, who was killed nearly 40 years ago in Lexington County, SC, but solved in 2022.

SC prosecutors zero in on Thomas McDowell in kidnapping and murder of Jessica Gutierrez. Will he testify at his Lexington County trial?

Thomas McDowell is on trial for the 1986 kidnapping and murder of four-year-old Jessica Gutierrez in Lexington County

A judge excluded some evidence ahead of the trial in the 4-year-old’s disappearance.

Two men who were teenagers when they were involved in a deadly shooting will spend decades in prison, according to the prosecutor.

Mother speaks out after three sentenced to prison for the kidnapping, torture and murder of 15-year-old Sanaa Amenhotep.

This time, though, the system delivers justice ...

“I am sending a message,” said a South Carolina judge as she sentenced the defendants in the Midlands slaying to a collective 185 years in prison.