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YORK COUNTY, SC (WBTV) - In the last four years, officials have discovered five bodies in York County, SC.
The York County Solicitor says crime in Charlotte often spills over into South Carolina.
Which is why, in 2007, York County started its "Don't Cross the Line" campaign. A reminder to crooks, some sentences are actually more harsh down south.
Five bodies dumped in York county in four years, all with murder as the suspected motive.
In 2004 - Some people on a hunting trip came across skeletal remains in a wooded area on Vista road in Fort Mill.
Investigators suspected foul play.
2006 - Deputies say Kerry Cornelius was burned in a van less than half a mile from where the bones were found.
2008 - Insurance Investigator Sallie Rohrback was murdered and found in a wooded area on Vista road almost directly across from where those first bones were found 2 years prior.
In the past two weeks two bodies turn up near the town of Clover and near the state line.
Coincidence or a crime of convenience?
Assistant York County Solicitor Willie Thompson says York County seem like a good dumping ground for murder victims because it's rural.
"It's the western end of the county where it's a little easier to find a lot of pasture type area wooded area things like that," said Thompson. Two of the five cases have been solved and in both, police say criminals crossed over from Charlotte to dump their victims. Heather Catering, found earlier this month in South Carolina was from North Carolina. It's still unclear where and how she died.
York County investigators think criminals cross the state line to help cover their tracks. Agencies say they do work together across borders.
Investigators still haven't identified the body of a young woman found dumped in Kings Mountain State Park.
Her corpse burned beyond recognition.
