Sunday, November 28, 2010

Following spiritual advice, woman leaves gun on grave

Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies confiscated a gun left on a grave after a woman's spiritual adviser told her to “return something that was given to her.” According to a sheriff's office incident report, a deputy responded to a call about the recovery of a gun at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens on Highway 9.

The officer found a box containing a gun on a grave site. The officer spoke to a 28-year-old woman, who said that she hadn't been feeling well.

The woman said she went to a “shawoman,” according to her religion, and the shawoman advised her that to clear her spirits, she needed to return something that was given to her. The woman said the man who was buried at the site where the gun was recovered had given her the gun about 12 years ago, and she wanted to return it and hopefully feel better.

She told the officer that she wanted the gun destroyed. The officer took the gun, a .45-caliber Cobray, and placed it into evidence at the sheriff's office. No charges were filed.

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