Suspect Arrested & Charged with Murder

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said that 29 year-old David Michael Watkins has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of 31 year-old Dustin Lee Smith of Seneca. Smith was found dead around 12:45 am Sunday morning. His body was located on the shoulder of Ponderosa Drive in Six Mile, according to investigators.

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said that their investigation led detectives to Johnson County, Tennessee, where Watkins was arrested without incident. The investigation is ongoing, and Watkins is awaiting extradition to South Carolina to face a charge of murder.