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SC Mother, 3 Children Take Plea Deals After 2023 Beating Death of North Carolina Man

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CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A Green Sea woman and two of her children are headed to prison for years after confessing to their roles in the violent, deadly beating of a North Carolina man in 2023. Samantha Watts, 42, was sentenced to 45 years for masterminding and coordinating the attack on Corey Soles, who was 29. Her son Payton, 18, received 35 years for murder while his older sister Amber, 23, got six years as an accessory after the fact. Soles' b…

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In a case that has shocked Horry County, South Carolina (USA), justice convicted Samantha Watts and her son Payton for the murder of Corey Adam Soles, a 29-year-old man, who was in a wheelchair after a fracture caused by a previous attack. According to information from local media and reviewed by WECT, the events occurred between 8 and 9 January 2023, when the man was brutally beaten for hours by the mother and her son inside the family home. RE…

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WBTW broke the news in on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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