South Carolina court records have verified that a custody battle took place between the parents of the two children found dead in their Carolina Forest home earlier this week.
No one has been charged for the slayings.
Now deceased Laura Moberley’s custody battle with still-living William Moberley began on June 13, 2022, according to public court records.
According to Horry County Schools, 11-year-old Eric Moberley was in 7th grade at Ten Oaks Middle School and 8-year-old Emily Moberley was in 3rd grade at Carolina Forest Elementary School.
The Sun News filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Social Services to seek information on if DSS officials ever investigated the Moberley family.
As of now, the only named suspect is 42-year-old Laura, according to an incident report from the Horry County Police Department.
Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said that Horry County police were called to perform a welfare check on the mother and her children at 129 Centennial Circle in a Carolina Forest neighborhood. When police arrived at about 1:45 p.m., according to the department, they found the three deceased of gunshot wounds.
In yesterday’s statement from the police department, condolences were only given to the Moberley children. The Sun News asked HCPD why the department’s statement only gives condolences to the two children and not their mother.
Mikayla Moscov, public information officer for the department, said in response, “What we can say at this point is that the incident remains under investigation. The statement addresses community inquiries related to the specific/atypical loss of two children in our community, and also acknowledges a total of three deceased.”
HCPD told The Sun News today that the case is still under investigation and that there are no further updates.
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