Blake William Linkous, South Carolina inmate 396669, born 2005, incarceration intake March 2025 at age 20, scheduled for release January 2070
In March 2025, a 20-year-old Blue Rock Ohio man pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend when they were on a high school graduation trip to Myrtle Beach in June 2023.
Shortly before his trial was due to start on Monday, March 2, Blake Linkous admitted to strangling 18-year-old Natalie Martin of Roseville Ohio, to death. At the time of the murder, the former couple were on a group trip with friends.
Martin had reportedly broken up with Linkous about two weeks before they left for the trip. The breakup had been triggered by a “pushing incident,” Chief Deputy Solicitor Scott Hixson told the court.
After attending an event at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach on June 6, 2023, Martin, Linkous and another friend began heading back to where they were staying. Linkous reportedly told the group he had tried to end his own life because he couldn’t live without Martin. The students later found Martin’s body on the floor and called 911.
“Although they were broken up and agreed to see other people, he became mad at her for texting another boy,” Chief Deputy Solicitor Scott Hixson said in court. Hixson described Linkous as “controlling, insecure and jealous.”
Linkous said in court he felt like he’d “failed.”
A judge sentenced Linkous to 45 years in prison without the possibility of parole. His guilty plea allowed him to avoid going through a trial.
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