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An Abbeville, South Carolina teen’s obsession with a woman led to him killing her brother with a machete, officials said.Jaylon Thomas Elmore, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Abbeville County Courthouse to charges of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to Eighth Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo.Stumbo said Elmore was arrested in July 2023 after friends and family found Albert Moultrie, 41, unresponsive in his home. (See video above.)Moultrie had a number of wounds caused by some type of large blade which investigators later identified as a machete owned by Elmore, according to Stumbo. Officers with the Abbeville Police Department contacted State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to assist in the investigation and agents identified Elmore as a suspect, Stumbo said. After initially denying even being at Moultries home, Elmore admitted to killing Moultrie with the machete, but claimed he was defending himself after Moultrie pulled a gun on him. SLED agents could not locate a gun and Moultrie did not appear to own a firearm of any kind, Stumbo said.He said Elmore eventually told investigators that he went to Moultries home because he wanted to contact Moultries sister but could not find her. “Elmore had become obsessed with Moultries sister, leading Moultrie and others to tell Elmore to stay away from her and to stop contacting her,” Stumbo said. “The brutality and senselessness of Mr. Moultries murder defy comprehension. The only place in our society for violent criminals like Jaylon Elmore is behind bars where they cannot hurt innocent people, and my office will continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with our law enforcement partners to bring them to justice.”Circuit Judge Eugene Griffith then sentenced Elmore to 30 years in prison on the murder charge and 5 years in prison on the weapon possession charge, with the sentences to be served consecutively. Under South Carolina law, a sentence for murder must be served day-for-day with no eligibility for parole.