Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell dig into the Horry County Police Department’s internal affairs investigation of the Scott Spivey case and the looming presence of former Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland throughout it.
Strickland insists he “stayed out of it” and “distanced” himself — yet there he is on recorded calls with Weldon Boyd admitting he was “working in the shadows,” and — according to his own colleagues — sitting in on a meeting about Weldon Boyd’s phone, and walking into the evidence room to say “just give Weldon and Bradley their guns back.”
We break down the IA interviews and learn more about what went on in the investigation leading up to the decision not to charge Weldon and his co-shooter. The interviews shed light on why the guns weren’t tested by SLED, how investigators determined the outcome before evidence was even collect and the odd emergence of the “steroid theory.”
Plus: why we’ll see you inside the Spartanburg County Courthouse (Courtroom 6d) on Monday, June 22 @ 9am (The 5 Year Anniversary of MMP #1). Wear pink.
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