Published: September 13, 2018

A GILES COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN AN ONGOING HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.  REPORTS INDICATE, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO 14635 COLUMBIA HIGHWAY SUNDAY EVENING JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING.  UPON ARRIVAL DEPUTIES WERE ADVISED OF A MALE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.   THE VICTIM, 56 YEAR OLD, MELVIN HYDE, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.  36 YEAR OLD JONATHAN DARRELL DIMARCO, WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST AND WENT WITH OFFICERS WILLINGLY TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.  AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION DIMARCO WAS THEN LATER INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF WEAPON, AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION.  DIMARCO IS BEING HELD IN GILES COUNTY JAIL ON $200,000 BOND AND WILL APPEAR IN CIRCUIT COURT ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2018.