Woman Sent Chilling Text About Boyfriend Before Being Found in Burnt-Out Car. Now, He's Going to Prison By Nicole Acosta

A South Carolina man will spend decades in prison for killing his girlfriend and setting her car on fire with her body inside.

Jarrett Davis was sentenced to 43 years in prison after pleading guilty to a murder charge on Nov. 10, according to online Bamberg County court records. He also admitted to arson, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and desecration of human remains, the records show.

Davis’ girlfriend, 25-year-old Megan Bodiford, was last seen on April 25, 2024, when she messaged a friend that “if she didn’t hear from her within 30 minutes, then she needed to contact law enforcement” because she thought her boyfriend “was going to kill her,” according to a Bamberg County Sheriff’s Office incident report previously obtained by PEOPLE.

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Deputies searched the couple’s home in Denmark, S.C., where they arrested Davis, but Bodiford was nowhere to be found. Their 4-month-old daughter was discovered inside the home unharmed.

Five days later, on April 30, 2024, Bodiford was found fatally shot inside her burnt-out vehicle, per the report. Authorities said at the time that after Davis killed Bodiford, he set her vehicle on fire with her inside.

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On a GoFundMe campaign shared in the aftermath of her death, Bodiford was remembered as a beloved mother of three girls, ages 7-years-old, 4-years-old and 4-months-old.

Her obituary states she was “a fun-loving girl who enjoyed life and lived life to the fullest.”