Murder Suspect Returned to SC from TN

On Thursday, Deputies from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office extradited a 29 year old male who was taken into custody in Johnson County, Tennessee following an investigation into the shooting death of 31 year-old Dustin Lee Smith of Seneca. His body was found along a the roadside near a park in Six Mile early last Sunday morning.

David Michael Watkins was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center on charges of Murder, Possession of a Weapon During a Violent Crime, and Grand Larceny, where he remains without bond.