South Carolina couple likened to Bonnie and Clyde eyed as suspects in fifth homicide Antonio Planas
A South Carolina couple who are facing charges in four slayings have been identified as murder suspects in a fifth homicide investigation in Memphis, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
Tyler Terry, 26, and Adrienne Simpson, 33, are being held in the Chester County Detention Center in South Carolina. They were both arrested last month, about a week apart.
Terry and Simpson face multiple murder charges in addition to a slew of assault and attempted murder charges, Grant Suskin, a spokesman with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, said Thursday. They have also been identified in an investigation into a May 17 death in Memphis that is believed to be a homicide.
The string of murders and shooting incidents for which Tyler Donnett is now charged from the past month are not the first instances of violent crimes on his record. Terry was arrested by City of Chester Police for malicious injury to personal property and unlawful use of telephone in July of 2018. He was convicted on both counts and fined a total of $2,883. In 2016 he was arrested and “held for another agency” at the Chester County Detention Center, but Chester County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Grant Suskin said he could not locate records indicating what that charge involved. In May of 2020, he was charged with first-degree domestic violence after allegedly attacking a woman at the Days Inn near Richburg. According to an incident report, he punched the woman in the face until her eye swelled shut and a puddle of blood built up underneath the skin of her lower eyelid. Deputies actually noted bloodstains on his hand at the scene. The victim also reported bei