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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A judge in St. Maarten has convicted three men and issued prison sentences in the killing of a South Carolina couple who owned a home in the Caribbean country.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A lawyer for a Jamaican man accused of killing a U.S. couple in their St. Maarten vacation home urged a judge to convict him of a lesser crime than premeditated murder.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Jamaican security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home repeatedly rebuffed a judge's questions at the start of his murder trial.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A trial date has been set for three suspects accused of killing a couple from South Carolina who lived in the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Officials in St. Maarten say a suspect has confessed to a role in the slaying of a South Carolina couple in the Dutch Caribbean country.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012 

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A couple slain in their home on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten are being remembered in South Carolina. Funeral services for Michael and Thelma King are scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Chapin United Methodist Church in Chapin.

Thursday, September 27, 2012 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 

Sunday, September 23, 2012  St. Maarten police say they have arrested a suspect in the slayings of a South Carolina couple.