COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a fingerprint found when they reopened a case led to an arrest in the burning of a rural South Carolina high school 23 years ago.
Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis said 40-year-old Daniel Scott Harris was a junior at the time he set the fire at Macedonia High School in August 1996.
The fire destroyed the school near Moncks Corner. It was set to be consolidated with another school at the time.
Lewis said at a news conference that fingerprints in a unique place in the building matched Harris’ prints when the case was recently reopened.
Lewis says evidence indicates others were involved in the burning and vandalism. He’s asking anyone who might have information to call deputies.
Court records don’t list a lawyer for Harris.
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