{"id":1130879,"date":"2021-12-18T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130879"},"modified":"2021-12-18T15:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T20:44:03","slug":"police-finally-close-1988-murder-of-sc-socialite-stabbed-37-times-in-mansion-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-finally-close-1988-murder-of-sc-socialite-stabbed-37-times-in-mansion-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Finally Close 1988 Murder Of SC Socialite Stabbed 37 Times In Mansion Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-finally-close-1988-murder-of-sc-socialite-stabbed-37-times-in-mansion-kitchen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1130879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In 1988, Alice Haynsworth Ryan, 80, was in the kitchen of her Greenville, South Carolina when she was stabbed to death 37 times.<\/p>\n<p>Although her killer was suspected from the beginning, but he was shot and killed by his mother-in-law months after Ryan\u2019s murder, and police were unable to definitively link him to the case, causing it to go cold. But recently, the suspect\u2019s partner, who says he was outside the house during the murder, put the pieces together that finally allowed police to close the case.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan is <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/this-all-made-sense-police-finally-unravel-mysterious-1988-cold-case-murder-of-s-c-socialite-and-legal-scion-who-was-stabbed-37-times-in-her-mansions-kitchen\/\">described<\/a> by Law &amp; Crime as the \u201cscion of a prominent South Carolina legal dynasty,\u201d the daughter of a well-known local attorney \u201cwhose name still adorns a prestigious law firm in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though Ryan was a notable person, police believed the crime was about her home, rather than something personal involving her. They suspected her murder came as part of a crime-of-opportunity, and that burglary was the primary motive. The suspects, police believe, thought her mansion was empty since there were several days\u2019 worth of newspapers piled up outside.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after her murder, police suspected serial burglar Lamar Green. Green, however, died before police could confirm him as the killer. Green\u2019s mother-in-law shot and killed him after he pointed a gun at her, a killing that was determined to be justified.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until 2017, when the case was reopened, that evidence started to come in that would solve the cold case, The State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article256488421.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, DNA testing pointed to Brian Munns, a man who was seen with Green on the day of Ryan\u2019s murder. Ryan\u2019s car had been stolen ahead of her murder and abandoned nearby. Clothing, a screwdriver, a butcher knife, and a cigarette butt were found in the vehicle, and DNA testing linking them to Munns.<\/p>\n<p>Because the DNA linked Munns to the crime, he was arrested. At first, he refused to speak to police, but after firing his first attorney, his second lawyer advised him to tell police his side of the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile local prosecutors prepared for trial and were just about to proceed, Munns took his new lawyer\u2019s advice and told authorities his side of the story. He admitted to being in the car with Green on the day in question because the killer was trying to sell it to him. But, Munns insisted, he never set foot in the Ryan mansion that woud [sic] eventually become a well-known funeral home in the area. Green was the man with blood on his hands, he said. Police believed him,\u201d Law &amp; Crime reported.<\/p>\n<p>Munns pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony since he did not report the crime for decades. He was sentenced to four years in prison but was credited with time served.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just don\u2019t have that type of murder every day,\u201d said Buddy Burgess, one of the detectives who worked on the case back in 1988. \u201cLot of legwork. We worked every angle. We just couldn\u2019t put it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1988, Alice Haynsworth Ryan, 80, was in the kitchen of her Greenville, South Carolina when she was stabbed to death 37 times.Although her killer was suspected from the beginning, but he was shot and killed by his mother-in-law months after Ryan\u2019s murder, and police were unable to definitively link him to the case, causing it to go cold. But recently, the suspect\u2019s partner, who says he was outside the house during the murder, put the pieces together that finally allowed police to close the case.Ryan is described by Law &#038; Crime as the \u201cscion of a prominent South Carolina legal dynasty,\u201d the daughter of a well-known local attorney \u201cwhose name still adorns a prestigious law firm in the area.\u201dEven though Ryan was a notable person, police believed the crime was about her home, rather than something personal involving her. They suspected her murder came as part of a crime-of-opportunity, and that burglary was the primary motive. The suspects, police believe, thought her mansion was empty since there were several days\u2019 worth of newspapers piled up outside.Shortly after her murder, police suspected serial burglar Lamar Green. Green, however, died before police could confirm him as the killer. Green\u2019s mother-in-law shot and killed him after he pointed a gun at her, a killing that was determined to be justified.It wasn\u2019t until 2017, when the case was reopened, that evidence started to come in that would solve the cold case, The State reported.In 2018, DNA testing pointed to Brian Munns, a man who was seen with Green on the day of Ryan\u2019s murder. Ryan\u2019s car had been stolen ahead of her murder and abandoned nearby. Clothing, a screwdriver, a butcher knife, and a cigarette butt were found in the vehicle, and DNA testing linking them to Munns.Because the DNA linked Munns to the crime, he was arrested. At first, he refused to speak to police, but after firing his first attorney, his second lawyer advised him to tell police his side of the story.\u201cWhile local prosecutors prepared for trial and were just about to proceed, Munns took his new lawyer\u2019s advice and told authorities his side of the story. He admitted to being in the car with Green on the day in question because the killer was trying to sell it to him. But, Munns insisted, he never set foot in the Ryan mansion that woud [sic] eventually become a well-known funeral home in the area. Green was the man with blood on his hands, he said. Police believed him,\u201d Law &#038; Crime reported.Munns pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony since he did not report the crime for decades. He was sentenced to four years in prison but was credited with time served.\u201cYou just don\u2019t have that type of murder every day,\u201d said Buddy Burgess, one of the detectives who worked on the case back in 1988. \u201cLot of legwork. We worked every angle. We just couldn\u2019t put it together.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}