Sentenced: SC Woman Shoots Boyfriend Dead, Dumps Body, & Reports Him Missing

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Columbia Police Department (CPD) investigators have charged a 29-year-old female in connection with the death of a missing person.

Taylor Wardlaw is charged with Murder and Possession of a Firearm during of a Violent Crime. Wardlaw is accused of fatally shooting a male paramour multiple times. The suspect is currently housed at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

After conducting an autopsy today, Richland County Coroner, Naida Rutherford has identified the victim as 26-year-old Terrell Sims. CPD investigators found his body near a creek.

On December 22, 2021, Wardlaw reported Sims as missing from an Ervin Street home. Since that time, investigators have worked exhaustively perusing leads. During the investigation, CPD investigators has reason to search several locations ultimately resulting in locating the deceased victim.

Arrest Made in Missing Person Investigation – City of Columbia Police Department

Columbia Police Department (CPD) investigators have charged a 29-year-old female in connection with the death of a missing person. According to Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook, Taylor Wardlaw is charged...

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The family of Terrell Sims spoke out on Thursday about the death of their brother one day after his alleged killer was arrested.

Twenty-nine-year-old Taylor Wardlaw was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder. Police say Sims was shot several times.

Wardlow, who was his girlfriend, reported Sims missing on Dec. 22.

Terrell's twin sister Marcella Jones told News19 she never saw his death coming. However, she said the arrest brings closure.

“I mean, I'm hurting but, at the end of the day, I feel at peace,” said Jones.

Sims' oldest sister Rose Sims said they're mourning their brother.

According to his sisters, the couple was together for several years and has a one-year-old child. Sims leaves behind three other children as well.

Instead of thinking about how he died, Sims' sisters said they're choosing to remember how he lived.

“We have so many good memories. And I know my brother was a tough person; he wouldn't want us crying,” said Jones.

Family of Terrell Sims speaks out

"I'm hurting but, at the end of the day, I feel at peace," said Sims' twin sister Marcella.

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That's a way to break up for good.

 

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Marcella Sims Jacobs, Sims’ twin sister said Wardlaw was calling her multiple times a day, crying and saying that she couldn’t function without Sims.

“The more she told her story the more I was just like, ‘Something’s not sounding right,’” Jacobs said.

In one text message from December 25 that Jacobs shared, Wardlaw told Jacobs that she misses Sims.

Jacobs said she was suspicious of Wardlaw because her story kept changing, and the details surrounding her brother’s disappearance didn’t make sense to her.

“I guess she felt like I believed everything she was saying so she really kept confiding in me,” she said. “And little did she know every time she was confiding in me it was just her telling on herself little by little.”

Wardlaw organized a search for her boyfriend in the same area where police discovered his body on Wednesday near a creek off Monticello Road.

Columbia Police arrested Wardlaw Thursday and charged her with murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. According to investigators, Sims was shot multiple times.

“The shocker in it is how you still on the phone with me crying hard now crying,” Jacobs said. “You know, before she got arrested she was just crying on the phone with me.”

Jacobs said Sims was a loving, caring father, friend and brother.

Despite the deception and the pain, Jacobs forgives Wardlaw.

“At the end of the day, I forgive her for what she did because I can’t have hate in my heart,” she said. “I can’t live like that. We have to forgive those who hurt us because God forgives us all. I can’t walk around with hate in my heart.”

Jacobs has organized a GoFundMe to honor her brother’s legacy. All the funds will be split among his children.

Family of Columbia man who police say was killed by his girlfriend, speaks out

Sims was reported missing by Taylor Wardlaw, his girlfriend, on December 22, according to authorities. On Thursday, the Columbia Police Department charged Wardlaw with Sims’ murder.

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WARDLAW, TAYLOR SHANAY

Projected Release Date: 12/29/2038
Offense: VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

Sentence: 20 Years

 

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This victims sister is a better person than I as she says she forgives the "person" (POS is more accurate a term IMO) who murdered her brother, sister says she can not have hate in her heart. I can, and I do, so I will just hate for her!

RIP