The State vs. the Dead Body of Rena McFarlow

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
n.d.

Deceased

Rena McFarlow
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

We the under signed Find that Rena McFarlow Came to Her deth By a pistol Shot By Her own Hands

Coroner

Coroner Title: 
Unknown

Location

Inquest Location: 
[no location given]
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

After examining the body if Rena McFarlow it is my opinion that she came to her Death from pistol bullet fired at Close range piercing her Chest between 3rd & 4th ribs going in Direction of the heart and piercing the heart probably about the center.
Mrs. C. W. Teal Sworn Says I was in the Book Room I Herd a Nois & Ran to Her . . . She was Not Breathing.

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