Housekeeper Knew Man Charged in Eastside Double Homicide

Greenville County Sheriff's investigators said the man charged in the slaying of an eastside couple also knew the couple's housekeeper.

in the deaths of Gary Wells, 78, and his wife, Helen, 77, who were found dead in their home at 10 Terramont Drive Oct. 3.

Deputies have charged Jonathan Donell Rhodes, 22, of Greenville with burglary, two counts each of murder, kidnapping and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Deputies said scientific evidence connected Rhodes to the crime and that Rhodes also was an acquaintance of the Wells' housekeeper, Shirley Ann Rogers, 55, of Greenville. Rogers was arrested on fraud charges in the days following the killings.

During Friday's announcement, Maj. Shea Smith said that Rogers was no longer employed by the Wells when she went to the house on Oct. 3. Rogers told WYFF, "She (Helen Wells) never once told me not to come to work or not to come over there."

Rogers also told the station she knew Rhodes because the two had done community service together.

According to a SLED report, Rhodes was arrested in 2007 on a disturbing schools charge and in 2008 on a first-degree burglary charge, both in Greenville County. He was charged with two-counts of first-degree burglary and two-counts of armed robbery in 2009 in Pickens County.

The Sheriff's Office is still investigating.

According to a report by WSPA, deputies are still hoping to talk to a man who may have been seen in the area around the time of the killings. Deputies released a sketch of the man earlier this month, but so far he hasn't been located.