Choking, suffocating and strangulating charges in New South Wales

A disturbing incident involving a man in the United States who fatally strangled his girlfriend, only to be found dead himself shortly afterwards, has left a community in shock and widely conjured the old adage, "what goes around, comes around".

Call it a case of karma, or just bad luck, the man at hand suffered a heart attack while burying his girlfriend whom he had just murdered.

According to police from South Carolina Sheriff's Office, authorities were called to a home in the suburb of Trenton when neighbours spotted 60-year-old Joseph McKinnon lying in his garden without movement.

Paramedics were quickly called to the scene and upon arriving, attempted to revive the man utilising chest compressions.