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12/20/23
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Emboldened by the lack of arrests in the quadruple homicide case, the Vilardis filed a lawsuit (.
pdf) in Anderson County against the sheriff’s office after the murders seeking the recovery of items seized in the execution of search warrants. Those items included two vehicles, various electronic devices, firearms and
$60,000 in cash. The total value of the property seized was estimated at more than
$100,000.
The search warrants executed in connection with the murder investigation encompassed the two mobile homes on Refuge Road as well as a storage unit. A total of four vehicles were seized.
Pursuing ownership of two of those vehicles, Any Vilardi filed a separate lawsuit against her aunt –
Pam Isbell of Spartanburg, S.C. Isbell lost her brother and mother in the 2015 slaying. According to Isbell, Amy Vilardi forged signatures on the car titles in order to transfer ownership. Isbell countersued the Vilardis for the recovery of jewelry and collectibles belonging to her late mother and brother.
The civil suits filed by the Vilardis against the sheriff’s office and Pam Isbell were dismissed after a global settlement was reached by the parties – and approved by S.C. circuit court judge
J. Cordell Maddox Jr. – in December 2021. That settlement released a total of
$65,890 to family members. Of that sum,
$34,890 was distributed to the Vilardis. A firearm and the four vehicles went to Isbell – along with
$21,412.
Due to the ongoing criminal investigation, the sheriff’s office retained possession of currency and personal property with the understanding that if and when the sheriff’s office was prepared to release those items, property removed from the single-wide mobile home would go to the Vilardis and property removed from the double-wide would go to Isbell.
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The Vilardis case will be prosecuted by the office of S.C. attorney general
Alan Wilson, with senior deputy attorney general
Heather Weiss and assistant attorney general
Kinli Abee leading its efforts.