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Insets, from left: Bornold Alastair Eberhart (Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office) and Kristen Laymon (Perimeter Church). Background: Eberhart, in red circle, lifts Laymon’s body into his trunk at a South Carolina hotel (Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office via Sun News).
A 44-year-old man from Georgia has confessed to the murder of his girlfriend during a vacation in South Carolina. The crime took place in a hotel, where he then discreetly transported her body using a luggage cart to his vehicle and placed her in the trunk.
Bornold Alastair Eberhart admitted to the murder of 53-year-old Kristen Laymon, as announced by the 15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office on Tuesday. Subsequently, a judge sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison for his crime.
The couple had traveled from Decatur to North Myrtle Beach, arriving at the Wyndham Hotel on September 22, 2023. After spending the evening out, they returned to the hotel just before 2 a.m. on September 23. Surveillance footage captured a heated exchange between them as they arrived back, with Laymon seen opening the car door while the vehicle was still in motion.
Afterward, Laymon exited the car and made her way to her room via the elevator.
“This is the last time Laymon is seen alive,” stated the prosecutors.
About 10 minutes later, Eberhart went to the room. The next day, Sept. 24, 2023, Eberhart is seen taking a luggage cart with what was eventually revealed to be Laymon’s hidden body on it. He walked to his car where he hoisted the victim’s body, wrapped in a sheet, into his trunk, which later tested positive for Laymon’s blood.
Eberhart tried to throw investigators off his trail by sending Laymon text messages telling her that if she did not return his vehicle he would have to find his own ride back to Georgia.
It would be another six months before authorities discovered Laymon’s body. Eberhart drove Laymon’s remains back to Decatur and disposed of the body. Georgia detectives worked with North Myrtle Beach investigators to piece together the case.
The defendant eventually admitted to killing his girlfriend and showed cops where he ditched her body. She was reportedly recovered on March 9, 2024.
“The defendant in this case went to great lengths to cover up the murder of Ms. Laymon, but Detective McCarter, the North Myrtle Beach Police Department, and various Georgia law enforcement agencies left no stone unturned,” Anthony DiChiara, an assistant solicitor, said in a statement. “We thank Law Enforcement for their relentless effort in bringing this defendant to justice.”
Laymon, who left behind a daughter, “lived a life filled with laughter, kindness and an unwavering tenacity,” her obituary said.