by
Mary Katherine Murphy
The Laurinburg Exchange
A Laurel Hill man wanted in the double homicide of his girlfriend and her father turned himself in to authorities on Monday, according to Scotland County Sheriff Shep Jones.
Steven Craig English, 44, has evaded capture since his girlfriend, 48-year-old Tammy Wright, and her father Arthur Wright, 77, were found dead inside their Laurel Hill home in March. English, who had lived with the Wrights, was nowhere to be found following the murders.
At 2:30 a.m. Monday, English called the Scotland County Sheriff’s office to set up a meeting at Nic’s Pic Kwik in Wagram.
“Officers met with him at a convenience store in Wagram without incident, and he was taken into custody,” Jones said. “There were no problems or anything.”
Leads and sightings called in to authorities over a four-months period went nowhere despite a $1,000 reward offered for information leading to English’s arrest.
“He did not make any type of statement in reference to why he did it or that type of thing.”
“I’ve had detectives working on this case since the murders took place - we’ve had hundreds of leads and supposed sightings, and we’ve followed up on each one of them.”
“I’m happy to see that he decided to do the right thing and turn himself in.”
THE WRIGHT FAMILY HAS A RIGHT TO BE EXPRESSING THEIR ANGER- THEY'VE HAD TWO FAMILY MEMBERS MURDERED. IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT THE ENGLISH'S WOULD BE RAISING ---- TOO. HERE'S SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT- IF KATHY MCDONALD WAS SO DEVOTED TO HER SON AND HIS "WIFE" HOW COME SHE DIDN'T HAVE THEM LIVING WITH HER? I GUESS IT'S EASIER TO STEAL FROM A CRIPPLED MAN WHO CAN'T DEFEND HIMSELF. SMART MOVE KATHY.. BETTER THEM THAN YOU, RIGHT?
one that should be doing that. You should be, like a lot of people on your knees praying instead of trying to pass judgemnt.People do a lot of things out of fear, not because of any guilt or wrongdoing, but I along with you or anyone else do not know the reasons but I am not going to assume. People need to do more praying than talking and let God work things out. Second, I am not so ignorant that I will call people by their names or curse but I will say that it makes a lot of difference to me and a lot of people who are wondering, when it is public record that they were a married couple of why someone would provide false information to the sheriff dept. Maybe just maybe a lie was told for financial gain. That would mean not only could charges be made for providing false information to law enforcement but Maybe just maybe a fraud was committed for financial gain????? If so that is the difference that it makes!!! Just saying!!! If one lie was told, how many more have been told?? One more thing, JUST SO YOU KNOW, Mr. English always had a home and a place to go. JUST so you know and I know that you do, since you want to bash his mother and family, your "aunt" Tammy or mother was taken in whne she was beaten and thrown out of her home by Ms. McDonald. More than one occaision was she given a place to stay by this woman. Both sides have been thru a lot I would say, but so far I have only seen stones thrown from one side and it is not the English family.
This fact fact is straight!!!!
Great Job Scotland County Sheriff's Office for keeping enough pressure on this man to make him buckle!!!
To the Wright Family, I hope that you soon find peace!!!