Georgetown County Coroner's Office

Georgetown County Coroner's Office We serve as a representative of the decedent and survivors.

It is the role of the Georgetown County Coroner’s Office to determine the cause and manner of death through the completion of thorough, respectful and professional investigations.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of an early morning shooting, in the Oatland Communit...
08/09/2025

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of an early morning shooting, in the Oatland Community, as that of Ricky Dixon, 22, of Georgetown.

An autopsy will be performed at MUSC to document the cause and manner of death.

Please keep the Dixon family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway is investigating a fatal accident that happened on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, a...
03/26/2025

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway is investigating a fatal accident that happened on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Santee Cooper Winyah Generating Station.

The immediate family has been notified and the identity will be released after they have had time to notify other family members.

An autopsy will be performed. Santee Cooper Safety and OSHA will be investigating.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the inmate that died at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital a...
03/24/2025

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the inmate that died at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital as that of Brandy Carla Matthews, 39, of Georgetown. Mrs. Matthews was found unresponsive at the Georgetown County Detention Center and was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

An autopsy will be performed on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, to determine the cause and manner of death.

SLED is investigating the death.

Please keep the Matthews family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of an early morning homicide, as that of Javon Seward...
10/27/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of an early morning homicide, as that of Javon Seward, 30, of Andrews.

Mr. Seward was shot at a gas station in Andrews and later died at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

An autopsy will be performed on Wednesday at MUSC. The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.

Please keep the Seward family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Corner Chase Ridgeway has identified the individual that drowned on Pawleys Island, Thursday, October ...
10/18/2024

Georgetown County Corner Chase Ridgeway has identified the individual that drowned on Pawleys Island, Thursday, October 17th, as that of Lili Ho, 22, of Virginia.

Please keep the Ho family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the pedestrian that was struck and killed in Pawleys Island as t...
10/11/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the pedestrian that was struck and killed in Pawleys Island as that of Kevin Harrell, 46, of Pawleys Island.

Mr. Harrell was transported to Tidelands Waccmaaw Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Please keep the Harrell family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim that was shot and killed in a Plantersville shooting ...
09/22/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim that was shot and killed in a Plantersville shooting as that of Natiya Browne, 16, of Charlotte, NC.

Browne was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy will be performed at MUSC on Wednesday.

Please keep the Browne family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the two individuals killed in a fatal motor vehicle accident in ...
08/16/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the two individuals killed in a fatal motor vehicle accident in Andrews this morning as that of Kisa Wilson, 12, and Hailey Patterson, 18.

Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene and Patterson was transported to Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital where she later died.

SCHP is investigating the accident.

Please keep the Wilson and Patterson families in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the human remains that were found on August 5, 2024, as that of ...
08/16/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the human remains that were found on August 5, 2024, as that of Daniel Charles Riggs.

A recovery dive team out of Columbia was diving around the area of the Browns Ferry boat landing when they discovered the missing vehicle, registered to Mr. Riggs. Mr. Riggs had been reported missing in 2015.

The remains were collected and sent to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office to be examined by a forensic anthropologist and a forensic odontologist. It was through dental records, past medical history and circumstantial evidence that the identification was made.

The cause and manner of death is unknown.

Please keep the Riggs family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of a deadly shooting that took place at Safe Rack in ...
08/06/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the victim of a deadly shooting that took place at Safe Rack in Andrews, as that of Kejuan Collins, 25, of Andrews. Mr. Collins was pronounced dead at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

An autopsy will be performed at MUSC.

Please keep the Collins family in your thoughts and prayers.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the individual killed in a motor vehicle accident on Squirrel Ru...
08/06/2024

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway has identified the individual killed in a motor vehicle accident on Squirrel Run Rd. as that of Aalyn Cribb, 72, of Hemingway. Mr. Cribb was pronounced dead at the scene.

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.

Please keep the Cribb family in your thoughts and prayers.

Earlier today a recovery dive team out of Columbia was diving around the area of the Browns Ferry boat landing for a mis...
08/06/2024

Earlier today a recovery dive team out of Columbia was diving around the area of the Browns Ferry boat landing for a missing Mt. Pleasant man that went missing in 2015. According to their information the missing individual’s cell phone last pinged near the landing. During the dive they found a vehicle registered to the missing man. Once the vehicle was recovered it was determined there were human remains inside.

The remains were collected and proper identification will hopefully be determined through dental records in the coming days.

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