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Cherokee County (S.C.) Sheriff's Department, via AP and the Spartanburg Herald Journal.

Composite drawing of the suspected killer.

The killer is "still on the loose" in Cherokee County, S.C., leading authorities to offer a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man suspected in the shooting deaths of five people since June 27.

The Spartanburg Herald Journal has a timeline of the killings here.

It also has a look back to 1967-68, when the "Gaffney Strangler" murdered four women.

Update at 2:15 p.m. ET: CNN is reporting that "police in Gaston County, North Carolina, shot and killed a robbery suspect early Monday, and then called in police from South Carolina who have been chasing a serial killer." It's possible the suspect killed in North Carolin is the man being sought in the serial killings.