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A 17-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a 13-year-old boy who drowned at a boat dock in Modoc, South Carolina Monday.
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Landen Austin Moore, 17, was charged with murder on Monday after, on the same day, he and an unidentified 16-year-old boy held the head of 13-year-old Daryl Lowry underwater until Lowry died, according to a news release, arrest warrant and affidavit.
On Monday, investigators say Moore and the 16-year-old got into a physical altercation with Lowry at a boat dock in McCormick County. Lowry suffered cuts from a knife before he was held underwater by Lowry and the other teen until he “became deceased,” the affidavit said.
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Moore was booked into the McCormick County Detention Center while the 16-year-old was transported to the state’s juvenile justice department.
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It’s unclear whether the 16-year-old was also charged with murder.