18-year-old charged with murder after body found in Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — An 18-year-old has been charged with murder after a body was found Wednesday morning, Myrtle Beach police said.

Everett Ellis of Wilson, North Carolina, was arrested in the killing, according to police.

The body was found in the 1600 block of Plaza Place, which is off Osceola Street in the 10th Avenue area, a police spokesman said. The person’s identity was not immediately available.

A News13 reporter at the scene saw nearly a dozen police vehicles, including multiple police K-9 units.

Little River resident Brandon Tysinger told News13 he found the body at about 7 a.m. while he was on his way into the Sherwin-Williams store off Plaza Place. He said he saw the body on the ground before going into the store.

Tysinger said the person had on a sweatshirt but was naked from the waist down. He also reported seeing blood around the body and on the side of the building.

Once police arrived, Tysinger said he was able to go into the store to buy paint but could not immediately leave because his truck was parked in the area that was taped off by police as part of the investigation.

As of about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, police had cleared the area and the Sherwin-Williams store had reopened.

“Sherwin-Williams was open when I pulled up. They said that they were used to seeing homeless people there all the time and they said when they pulled in, they didn’t think anything of it because it was kind of still dark so they couldn’t see the blood spatter on the wall,” Tysinger said. “They just saw him laying there and they didn’t notice that he was naked or anything like that. He said they’re used to people sleeping there all the time.”

News13 has requested the arrest warrants and incident report from Myrtle Beach police.

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Jackie LiBrizzi is a multimedia journalist at News13. Jackie is originally from Hamilton, New Jersey, and was raised in Piedmont, South Carolina. Jackie joined the News13 team in June 2023 after she graduated as a student-athlete from the University of South Carolina in May 2023. Follow Jackie on X, formerly Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, and read more of her work here.

Dennis Bright is a Digital Producer at News13. He joined the team in May 2021. Dennis is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Follow Dennis on, Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here.

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Caleb is a digital producer at News13. Caleb joined the team in January 2023 after graduating from Liberty University. He is from Northern Virginia. Follow Caleb on X, formerly Twitter, and read more of his work here.

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