S. Carolina man charged in 7 killings also charged with rape
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina real estate agent facing seven murder charges, some in deaths dating back more than a decade, has now been charged with rape.
According to documents filed Tuesday in Spartanburg County court, Todd Kohlhepp was indicted last week by a grand jury on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Kohlhepp, 45, was arrested in November after authorities found a woman chained inside a metal container on his expansive rural property in Woodruff. Authorities said that Kohlhepp killed the woman’s boyfriend, then held her captive for two months.
Court listings available online didn’t provide additional details for the new charge. The Associated Press does not typically identify alleged victims of sexual assault. But Kala Brown, the woman rescued from the container, told the “Dr. Phil” show earlier this month that Kohlhepp sexually assaulted her each day of her captivity.