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 Moultrie’s home, Elmore admitted to killing Moultrie with the machete, but claimed he was defending himself after …
