根据哥伦比亚警察局周一举行的新闻发布会，一名年轻女子的尸体于周末在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚市的一所出租房内被发现。
警方说，她后来被确认为洛根·费德里科，22岁，来自北卡罗来纳州的瓦克肖。根据哥伦比亚验尸官奈达·卢瑟福的说法，她的死因是胸部致命枪伤。
芝加哥警察局表示，这名大学生正在南卡罗来纳州的一所出租房里与朋友度过周末，当时她“被一名职业罪犯随机谋杀”，这名职业罪犯“大肆盗窃、入室盗窃和信用卡欺诈”。
芝加哥警察局称，30岁的亚历山大·迪基(Alexander Dickey)据称在凌晨3点左右闯入邻居家，偷走了一把枪、信用卡和借记卡，以及一辆车的钥匙。
警方称，嫌疑人随后进入费德里科住的房子，进入她的房间，向她开枪，然后驾驶一辆偷来的汽车逃离现场。
官员们说，迪基被认为在他被盗的车抛锚之前，用偷来的卡在列克星敦县各地购物。他让人把车拖回列克星敦县的一处住所，调查人员说他们在那里找到了他。
警方说，当执法人员靠近时，迪基逃进了附近的树林，导致在恶劣的天气条件下进行搜捕。他们补充说，他后来闯入另一户人家并放火焚烧。
芝加哥警察局说，警察能够通过窗户救出迪奇，并将其拘留。
费德里科的父亲史蒂夫·费德里科在新闻发布会上含泪发言。
“我是洛根·哈利·费德里科的父亲，更好的称呼是‘爸爸’，或者她的英雄。不幸的是，那天，我不能成为她的英雄，”他说。“我的女儿，我珍爱。她是一个坚强、有趣的人，做自己想做的事，而且很辣。”
“我女儿在学校很努力，打两份工，想成为一名教师。她爱和崇拜孩子，所有年龄段的孩子，”他说。“我想传达给夺走我女儿生命的迪基的信息是她说的:‘你杀不死我的灵魂。你也许能杀死我的身体...但是你不能抹杀我的家人和朋友对我的爱。"
“洛根不是预定的目标，”哥伦比亚警察局长斯基普·霍尔布鲁克在新闻发布会上说，并补充说她的死“以一种永远不会离开我们的方式触动了我们所有人。”
他说，芝加哥警察局签发了逮捕令，指控迪基谋杀、两项一级入室盗窃、持有武器和盗窃。列克星敦县治安官说，迪基还被控一级入室盗窃和二级纵火，他被拒绝保释。
'That day, I could not be her hero': Father says after daughter is fatally shot in South Carolina
The body of a young woman was discovered inside a rented house in Columbia, South Carolina, over the weekend, according to a press conference held by Columbia Police Department on Monday.
She was later identified as Logan Federico, a 22-year-old from Waxhaw, North Carolina, police said. Her cause of death was a fatal gunshot wound to the chest, according to Columbia Coroner Naida Rutherford.
The college student was spending the weekend with friends in a rented house in South Carolina when she was "randomly murdered by a career criminal" who was "on a spree of thefts, break-ins and credit card fraud," the CPD said.
Alexander Dickey, 30, allegedly broke into a neighboring home around 3 a.m. and stole a firearm, credit and debit cards, and keys to a vehicle, the CPD said.
The suspect then allegedly entered the house where Federico was staying, entered her room, and shot her, police said, before fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.
Dickey is believed to have used the stolen cards to make purchases across Lexington County before his stolen vehicle broke down, officials said. He had it towed back to a residence in Lexington County, where investigators said they tracked him down.
When law enforcement closed in, Dickey fled into nearby woods, leading to a manhunt in severe weather conditions, police said. He later broke into another home and set it on fire, they added.
Officers were able to extract Dickey through a window and take him into custody, the CPD said.
Federico’s father, Steve Federico, spoke through tears during the press conference.
"I am Logan Haley Federico's father, better known as 'Dad,' or her hero. Unfortunately, that day, I could not be her hero," he said. "My daughter, I cherished. She was a strong, fun-loving individual who did what she wanted to do and was spicy."
"My daughter was working hard at school, working two jobs, to become a teacher. She loved and adored kids, children of all ages," he said. "The message I wanted to send to Dickey, who took my daughter's life -- this is from her: 'You can't kill my spirit. You might be able to kill my body ... but you cannot kill my love that my family and friends shared with me.'"
"Logan was not an intended target," Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said at the press conference, adding that her death "touches all of us in a way that it'll never leave us."
He said that the CPD issued warrants charging Dickey with murder, two counts of first-degree burglary, weapons possession and larceny. The Lexington County sheriff said Dickey was also charged with burglary first degree and arson second degree, and that he was denied bond.
