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Suspect stabbed to death Lexington County man, deputies say

Officers say the suspects attacked the victim multiple times.
Credit: Lexington County Detention Center
Jeremy Lynn Adams

Lexington County, SC - Lexington County have arrested a suspect who they say stabbed a man to death Sunday.

Jeremy Lynn Adams, 34, is charged with murder and possessing a weapon during a violent crime in the death of 24-year-old Donald Eugene Blankenship. 

“Based on information detectives gathered from witnesses after responding to a home on Ringo Road, Adams stabbed Blankenship multiple times in the upper body,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said in a statement.. “Blankenship was transported for treatment but later succumbed to his injuries.”

Evidence recovered by investigators at the scene is scheduled for further testing, according to Koon.

Deputies arrested Adams at the scene shortly after the incident Sunday. He’s being held in the Lexington County Detention Center, and has been denied bond.

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