Human Remains Located Near Seneca

Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that the remains of a 2015 murder victim may have been found in Oconee County. Coroner Karl Addis confirmed the skeletal remains of a male were found in a shallow grave late Wednesday morning off of Hiawassee Drive near Seneca. A post mortem exam is scheduled for Friday to determine the cause of death, which is being treated as a homicide. Further studies will be required to positively identify the remains.

Attorney General Wilson said that Emmanuel Quarles, 27, was last seen leaving his home in Pendleton, SC, on April 20, 2015. Today, the person charged with his murder led members of the Attorney General’s Office and law enforcement officers to an area where suspected human bones were recovered. The bones will be tested at SLED to confirm that they do in fact belong to Emmanuel Quarles.

Quarles was last seen leaving with Kerry Cobb, 48, of Seneca, SC. Cobb’s truck was subsequently found abandoned in Pickens County after Cobb reported it stolen. Quarles’s blood was found in Cobb’s truck. In 2019, the Attorney General’s Office charged Kerry Cobb with the murder of Emmanuel Quarles.

Cobb is scheduled to enter a plea on Thursday, April 27th, at 9 a.m., according to the State Attorney General’s Office.