South Carolina Mental Health Facility Faces Lawsuit After Alleged Murders and Cannibalism

In Richland County, South Carolina, a harrowing case has emerged involving the alleged murders and acts of cannibalism by Marc-Anthony Cantrell, a resident at a mental health facility. Cantrell, 26, is accused of killing two fellow patients, 22-year-old Jared Ondrea and 35-year-old Deshea Butler, at the Harper Street group home in Columbia during 2023. The facility, operated by New Hope Home Solutions LLC, along with its owner Brittany Reynolds-Jackson and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH), now faces a lawsuit filed by Ondrea's grandmother, Peggy Ondrea, alleging gross negligence and wrongful. . .