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Friday, March 15, 2013  Thomas Williams, Jr., 39, is charged with Attempted Murder after police say he shot his 22-year-old live-in girlfriend in the back at their apartment on Third Loop Road in Florence Friday morning.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A South African prosecutor charges Olympian Oscar Pistorius with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend.

Monday, February 18, 2013  Derek Jordan Sanford, 26, of North Myrtle Beach faces charges of Kidnapping and Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Deputies say Robert Blanton, 21, assaulted his girlfriend and burned her with matches.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after model Reeva Steenkamp was shot inside the Olympic athlete's home in South Africa.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  The girl who Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o thought he was in love with didn't actually exist.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  An 18-year-old man is accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend in the face at Loris High School. Kinish Levern Simon of Loris is facing charges of Assault and Disturbing Schools.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Laurinburg police charged Lucio Vazquez Valdez, 53, with Murder for severely beating his girlfriend, who later died as a result of her injuries suffered in the assault.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  An Horry Georgetown Technical College student has been arrested, placed on administrative suspension pending disciplinary review, and has been issued a no trespassing order by the college's public safety department after threatening a fellow student several times over the past few weeks.

Monday, October 22, 2012  David Lee Trent Warner, 21, of Myrtle Beach is charged with Criminal Domestic Violence High and Aggravated Nature and Kidnapping after an argument escalated and Warner beat his live-in girlfriend and held her against her will, according to a police report.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Laurinburg police plan to charge a man with murder for beating his girlfriend to death.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Laurinburg police arrested Lucio Vazquez Valdez, 53, for severely beating his girlfriend.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Robeson County deputies charged Robert McIntyre, 62, with Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill.

Monday, July 30, 2012  Vondell Malachi pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend, Tekeyia Easterling, Monday afternoon.