CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A Conway woman accused of killing her husband inside their home in 2013 will have her fate decided Friday as the jury now has the case.
After nine days of testimony, the trial against Heather Causey-Sims was given to the jury to decide just after 1 p.m. Friday.
15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson says the jury has three option when it comes to convicting Causey-Sims, but the group of 12 does not have to find the defendant guilty of anything. The jury has the option of a murder conviction, which carries 30 years to life in prison. They could find Causey-Sims guilty of voluntary manslaughter, which carries a sentence of one to 30 years behind bars, or the jury can convict Causey-Sims of involuntary manslaughter with zero to five years as the possible jail time.
David Sims, Jr., 35, who owned an irrigation and concrete company in Florence, died after being shot. His wife, Heather, a certified nurse anesthetist, was charged with murder.
The incident happened on August 11, 2013 when Horry County Police were called to the couple’s home on Old Reaves Ferry Rd. in reference to a shooting and stabbing.
“Upon [police] arrival, they located a female that sustained wounds from a sharp object and a male that was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound,” police said in a press release. “Detectives learned that the male and female got into an altercation. During the altercation, the female was injured with a sharp object and the male was shot.”
David Sims Jr. was born in Florence and was a 1996 graduate of South Florence High School.
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