Arrest made in Pickens County homicide case

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office placed a 71-year old woman in custody yesterday and charged her with murder in the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a camper near Easley.  Virginia Louise Cook also faces a second charge of possession of weapon during a violent crime in the death of Augustin Demsa.  Demsa’s body was found October 13 in a camper used as his living quarters on Zion Heights Court.  The sheriff’s office describes the investigation as extensive and, in the last week, has gathered more evidence and interviewed persons associated with both the accused and the deceased to identify what happened.