Crime & Public Safety

Suspect in Green Pond Murders faces additional charges, included murder and incest

The six lives lost during Monday’s stabbing / house fire incident. Credit to Angel Link
The six lives lost during Monday’s stabbing / house fire incident. Credit to Angel Link Angel Link

The suspect in the murders of the six family members in their Green Pond home in early July now faces fourteen additional charges.

On July 2, six people died and one was left in critical condition from stabbings and a house fire now charged as arson. The victim’s ages ranged from 7 to 101-years-old.

Ryan Lenard Manigo has been charged in the house fire that killed six and critically injured one on July 2, 2023 in Green Pond, S.C. according the the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office.
Ryan Lenard Manigo has been charged in the house fire that killed six and critically injured one on July 2, 2023 in Green Pond, S.C. according the the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office. Colleton County Sheriff's Office




Addional charges include:

  • One count of first degree arson, which resulted in the death of 101-year-old Maggie Magwood, carrying a minimum sentence of 30 years.
  • Two counts of criminal sexual conduct, each carrying a potential sentence of 30 years.
  • Two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, each carry a potential sentence of 20 years.
  • Two count of kidnapping, each carry a sentence of up to 30 years
  • Six counts of possession of a deadly weapon in the commission of a violent crime, each carrying a sentence of five years.
  • One count of incest, which carries a potential sentence of one year in prison.

There will be a bond hearing for Manigo at 3 p.m. on Monday. Shortly after the July incident, Manigo was denied bond on the earlier charges.

The solicitor’s office declined to comment at this time.

This story was originally published July 31, 2023 at 12:11 PM.

Sebastian Lee
The Island Packet
Sebastian Lee covers Beaufort County for The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2022. If he’s not working he’s most likely watching a good movie or spinning a record.
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