A Wagener woman was identified as the victim of an Orangeburg murder.
Lateefah Williams, 21, of Festival Trail Road in Wagener, was identified Thursday as the victim in a Wednesday stabbing, according to police reports.
Malcolm Williams, 24, was arrested Thursday morning for questioning in connection with the death of Lateefah Williams.
"This is a tragic situation in which a young lady lost her life," Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said in a press release. "We are thankful our investigators and SLED agents were able to take this individual into custody and get him off the streets."
Williams was arrested at a relative's residence near North by Orangeburg investigators and agents with the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division, according to reports.
Ravenell said Williams was considered armed and dangerous at the time he was apprehended in Orangeburg County.
The sheriff said the exhaustive investigation by Orangeburg detectives determined the actual stabbing, however, took place in Batesburg-Leesville before the woman was driven to Orangeburg County, according to the report.
Orangeburg investigators continue to work with the Batesburg-Leesville authorities, who will be the charging agency should a murder charge be sought.
Orangeburg County Sheriff's investigators were notified just before 7 p.m. after Williams called 911 himself, and said he had "killed his girlfriend and left her body in the woods," the incident report states.
Relatives of the suspect told arriving officers that Williams also told them he had killed his girlfriend, leaving her body at a remote location off Bricin Drive less than a mile away, according to reports.
OCSO investigators searching the Bricin Drive area spotted a vehicle about 200 yards off the roadway in a wooded area; when they approached what turned out to be a Chevrolet, they found a woman in grass on the side of the vehicle, police said.
Investigators checked the woman for any signs of life but realized she was deceased, the report states.
Williams was out on a $1,092 personal recognizance bond for a separate stabbing incident in January, police said.
According to that Jan. 30 incident report, Williams called 911 to report he had stabbed a relative. Williams told investigators then he had stabbed a 27-year-old man after an argument over food, the report states.
Williams was charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
Will Whaley is the crime and court reporter for the Aiken Standard.
He is a native of Fayette, Alabama and graduated from the University of North Alabama.