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CPD: Body found inside Columbia home, suspect arrested
Posted: 12.19.2011 at 2:28 PM
Updated: 12.20.2011 at 5:40 AM
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Read more:  Local, Crime, Woman Found Dead Inside Home, Columbia, Police Department, Two Notch Road, Monday, Murder Investigation

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44-year-old Michael Peterson is charged with murder.
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COLUMBIA (WACH) - Columbia police officers have arrested a man they say killed a woman in her home Monday afternoon.

Officials have charged 44-year-old Michael Peterson with murder.

Investigators say Peterson killed 54-year-old Brenda Witherspoon in her home at 2947 English Avenue, near Two Notch Road.

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has ruled Witherspoon's death a homicide, but did not give a cause of death. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday.

Peterson is being held at the Richland County jail. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney.
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