Caroline Hecker

Reporter

Caroline Hecker joined the WIS team as a reporter in January 2018.

Prior to working in Columbia, Caroline worked for three years as weekend anchor/MMJ at WXOW in La Crosse, Wisconsin. While there, she covered a wide variety of stories including historic flooding, opioid abuse at the Tomah VA and multiple presidential candidate visits.

Caroline is a graduate of the University of Missouri where she earned a degree in broadcast journalism (Go Tigers!).

Having spent the last several years suffering through brutal Wisconsin winters, she’s looking forward to some warmer weather in the Palmetto State!

Have a story idea or just want to say hi? Shoot Caroline an email at checker@wistv.com.

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Recent Articles by Caroline

Her dad confessed to killing her and four siblings. Her last words were ‘Daddy, I love you’ before he strangled her

A chilling audio recording of a father confessing to brutally killing his five children played in a Lexington County courtroom, as he sobbed listening to graphic details of the crime.

Caroline Hecker

Published May 17, 2019 at 7:46 PM

‘Melt the bodies, saw bones to dust,’ reads note found in SC accused child killer’s car

A clipboard with handwritten notes detailed a horrifying plan to dispose of bodies sat in the passenger side seat of the SUV Timothy Jones Jr. was driving the night of September 6, 2014.

Caroline Hecker

Published May 17, 2019 at 4:55 PM

‘It smelled like death,’ witnesses describe interactions with accused child killer

A gas station attendant described a smell so vile she hasn’t forgotten it in almost five years, as she painted a picture to jurors of her interactions with Timothy Jones Jr., the Lexington man accused of killing his five children in 2014.

Caroline Hecker

Published May 15, 2019 at 8:01 PM

‘He knew what he did was wrong, that’s why he ran,’ opening statements begin in SC father’s death penalty trial

Less than 10 minutes into opening statements of one of Lexington County’s most notorious crimes, Deputy Solicitor Shawn Graham got choked up, as he described the horrific killings of five children at the hands of their father.