GAFFNEY, S.C. — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing two North Carolina men nearly three years ago.
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Prosecutor Barry Barnette said that 36-year-old Steven Eugene Parker of Blacksburg was convicted in Gaffney this week of killing the men and trying to burn their bodies to cover up the crime.
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[IMAGES: 2 found dead in burning truck, York Co. officials say]
Two Gastonia men, 35-year-old Aron Lucas Young and 43-year-old Jerry Farmer, died in the 2015 shooting.
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Prosecutors said Parker shot and killed the men and then drove them in a pickup truck to a rural location in York County and set the truck on fire.
Another man, 48-year-old Donald Edward Creswell Jr. of Blacksburg is awaiting trial on similar charges.
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