By Associated Press - Friday, January 9, 2015

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Sheriff’s deputies in Spartanburg have charged a man with stabbing a woman to death at their home.

The coroner’s office said in a statement that 68-year-old Annie Bass Copeland was found unresponsive in her home late Thursday morning.

Investigators say the woman had been stabbed in the back.



A man who lived in the home with Copeland, 33-year-old Semaj Abdul Fowler, has been charged with murder.

Investigators have not released a motive in the death.

It was not clear if Fowler has an attorney.

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