70-year-old woman dead in Hardeeville stabbing. Police have a warrant to arrest her son
A 70-year-old woman is dead after she was stabbed multiple times during a domestic dispute in Hardeeville on Thursday night, according to police.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant to charge her son with murder, said Chief Deputy Jeff Crosby.
Mary Baker, 70, of Hardeeville was found dead with multiple stab wounds, according to Jasper County Coroner Willie Aiken.
Aiken said she died around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The Sheriff’s Office said it obtained a warrant to charge her son, Joseph Baker, 34, of Hardeeville.
Deputies arrived at their home on Good Hope Road after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Crosby said he couldn’t release more details about the incident and the timeline because it is still under investigation.
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division helped process the crime scene.
Baker was taken to Memorial Health Medical Center in Savannah for non-life-threatening injuries. Crosby said the agency obtained a warrant for murder after he left. Because of that, Georgia authorities will have to arrest him, and he must be extradited back to South Carolina to be charged.
An autopsy for Mary Baker is scheduled for Sunday morning at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, Aiken said.
This story was originally published February 19, 2021 at 9:55 AM.
