'If you don't hear from me in 30 minutes, he killed me': Boyfriend admits to murdering mom of 3 and setting her body on fire after she sent chilling text to friend

A South Carolina antheral has admitted to murdering his girlfriend and mounting a car ablaze with her assemblage inside, according to tribunal records.

Jarrett Haskell Davis, 28, pleaded guilty Monday to murder, possession of a limb during a convulsive crime, third-degree arson, and desecration of quality remains. He was sentenced to 43 years successful situation for the execution charge, positive further clip for different offenses, according to online tribunal records viewed by Law&Crime.

Davis killed his girlfriend, Megan Bodiford, 25, connected oregon astir April 25, erstwhile she disappeared from Denmark, South Carolina, astir 60 miles southbound of Columbia. Bodiford sent a chilling substance connection to a person earlier going missing, saying: "If you don't perceive from maine successful 30 minutes, helium killed me," according to FITSNews.

"He has a gun," Bodiford besides said.

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Bodiford had a 4-month-old babe astatine the clip and was dealing with home issues successful her narration with Davis, according to friends and family. "She reached retired for help," said Bodiford's cousin, Stephanie Nickens, successful an interrogation with section NBC and CW affiliate WIS aft Davis' arrest.

The Bamberg County Sheriff's Office said Davis was taken into custody aft authorities recovered a burned-out car with quality remains that were aboriginal identified arsenic Bodiford astir 2 miles from her home.

"It's gut-wrenching due to the fact that helium did not person to bash each of that astatine all," Nickens told the presumption astir the mode Bodiford was recovered and her past plea for help. "I support having this thought successful my caput of however fearful she was successful that moment," the relative said.

Bodiford's household told WIS aft Davis' apprehension that they were upset with cops due to the fact that Davis had a home unit apprehension warrant astatine the time.

"If helium would person been locked up the mode that helium was expected to beryllium the archetypal time, possibly helium wouldn't person adjacent gotten a accidental to get this acold with her," Nickens said.

Bodiford was a parent to 3 daughters, ages 7, 4 and 4 months, according to a GoFundMe page.

"I privation everyone to absorption connected what a beauteous psyche she had, conscionable a fantastic parent that she was," Nickens told WIS. "She loved being astir people. If you look connected her societal media, you spot truthful galore friends coming unneurotic and posting memories that they person of them with her."

David Harris contributed to this report.