We now know the extent of the damage reported at the Edisto Island home where accused murderer Michael Colucci was on house arrest in early 2018.
On March 25, 2018, Colleton County deputies were summoned to the Legare Road home by an attorney for Ivo Colucci’s estate, who reported that Michael Colucci was driving past the home while the family attempted to get it ready to sell.
Just one week later, on April 4, 2018, officers were again summoned to the home when one of Michael Colucci’s step-siblings called police to report that the home had been broken into and vandalized. Authorities arrived at the scene just after noon to find extensive damage to the first floor of the home, including graffiti painted in white spray paint, kitchen knives embedded in walls, and glass broken out of the oven doors.
The report has Michael Colucci’s name filled in as a person of interest with a caution noted for “violent behavior.” Officers processed the scene by taking more than 100 photos, collecting several fingerprints, and taking items from the home to swab them for DNA.
Documents obtained from Colleton County so far do not shed any light on the planned DNA testing. A letter from the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division notes that the obtained fingerprints were not tested against a fingerprint database. It is unclear why that decision was made.
According to filings in the murder case, the Legare Road address is where Colucci is still officially supposed to reside on house arrest, even though he was evicted from the residence prior to the April 2018 vandalism report. The Legare Road home was sold in 2019, just months after the first murder trial ended in a hung jury.
You can hear more about Colucci’s house arrest terms in True Sunlight episode 45.
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Beth Braden
Beth Braden is an award-winning investigative journalist who cut her reporting teeth in the hills and hollows of East Tennessee. She joined the LUNASHARK® Media team in 2023 as a researcher and journalist who handles FOIA requests, wading through and analyzing public records, and connecting with sources. She also provides a monthly update for premium members called Soundbites, which is a monthly review of everything happening at LUNASHARK®, and she occasionally writes and records for True Sunlight. Beth has her own solo podcast called Time of Death, which explores the 1992 homicide of Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam in East Tennessee.
Prior to joining the team, Beth’s newspaper work had taken her into deep-dive stories about faith-based serpent handling and Appalachian coal mining, as well as data journalism work to analyze euthanasia drug irregularities at an animal shelter, uncover the most dangerous intersections on her beat, and see whether or not the local judge’s rulings passed muster when cases were appealed to the state appellate court. And of course, she’s been to her fair share of court hearings, city council meetings, and board of education work sessions.
In addition to her newspaper experience, her byline appears on HGTV.com, nytimes.com, and other internationally known websites.
In her spare time, she enjoys quilting, rock climbing, strange museums, and good cups of coffee.
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