White girl, 8, who was tied up in Columbia, SC home calls 911 after grandmother murdered by a negro

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http://www.fox10tv.com/story/30235995/grandmother-found-dead-8-year-old-calls-911

Girl, 8, who was tied up in home calls 911 after grandmother murdered
Posted: Oct 11, 2015 4:56 PM PST
Updated: Oct 12, 2015 11:06 AM PST

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WIS) -

Authorities are searching for a suspect after a 76-year-old woman was found dead in a Columbia home on Sunday afternoon.

Richland County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call by the woman's 8-year-old granddaughter who was found tied up in the home in the 7800 block of Edgewater Drive,

Deputies say the home appeared to be ransacked and there are signs of a struggle.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Alice R. Tollison was found in her home around 5:50 p.m. Watts said an autopsy conducted Monday morning shows that Mrs. Tollison died from traumatic injuries to her upper body. He ruled her death a homicide.

Lt. Curtis Wilson says deputies are looking for a black male wearing an orange basketball jersey. That is the only suspect description given at this time.

The child was taken to the hospital to be evaluated.

 

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Sheriff: (Black) Man suspected of murdering 76-year-old white grandmother was recently released from NJ prison

Columbia, SC - Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says the man accused of killing a 76-year-old woman earlier this week had been released from prison just a few months ago. Lott announced the arrest of 42-year-old James Heyward on Tuesday in the death of Alice Tollison. On Sunday, Lott said Heyward broke into the woman's home on Edgewater Drive and got into a struggle with her. He then strangled the woman and tied up her eight-year--old granddaughter, deputies say, before ransacking the home and stealing jewelry. After he left, the granddaughter was able to get to a phone and call 9-1-1. Officers were able to track him down using prints at the scene to a room on Crestwood Road that he was renting with his wife. Heyward had known Tollison in the past, Lott said. - (Black-on-white)