Summerville man sentenced for murdering wife with butcher knife

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - A judge sentenced a 60-year-old man Thursday after a jury convicted him of the 2019 murder of his wife.

Anthony Argoe of Summerville was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing his wife, 55-year-old Lynda Shuler Argoe, on June 14, 2019, Solicitor David Pascoe said.

Prosecutors say that on the night of June 14 the victim’s daughter called 911 and requested law enforcement to check on her mother. Officers responded to Westbury Mews Apartments in Summerville and found the body of 55-year-old Lynda Shuler Argoe.

The solicitor’s office says officers found the victim’s motionless body propped up against a couch with a 19-inch butcher knife in the right side of her neck. An autopsy revealed the victim suffered from as many as fourteen separate stab wounds to her arms, chest, stomach and face, according to the release from the solicitor’s office.

Investigators said Anthony Argoe was found unconscious outside and taken to the hospital with a blood alcohol level of 156 mg/DL an hour before Argoe’s body was found. Investigators discovered blood evidence and the victim’s DNA on his clothes, the release states.

The jury deliberated for only 40 minutes before returning the guilty verdict. Judge Diane Goodstein sentenced Argoe to life in prison, the solicitor’s office says.

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