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Pregnant Teen Found Dead in Barnwell County

A pregnant Barnwell County Teen was found dead Sunday in South Carolina. 17-year-old Maylashia Shantebia Hogg was 9 months pregnant and just days from her due date when she was…

Barnwell County Pregnant Teen Found Dead

Maylashia Shantebia Hogg Found Dead

Barnwell Police Department

A pregnant Barnwell County Teen was found dead Sunday in South Carolina.

17-year-old Maylashia Shantebia Hogg was 9 months pregnant and just days from her due date when she was found dead along a wood line on Perry Street by Barnwell Police, not far from her home.

An autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday in Newberry to. determine the cause and manner of her death.

The Barnwell Police Department, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the Barnwell County Coroner's Office have all joined in the investigation.

Investigators are looking for Michael Gene Still, who disappeared at roughly the same time Hogg went missing.  He was last seen at Colony West Apartments in Barnwell on February 6.

Anyone with information that could help with the investigation is asked to contact SLED at tips@sled.sc.gov.

Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.