A North Carolina man who police say confessed to killing an acquaintance then told authorities where they could find the body in South Carolina has been released from jail.

Police say they learned about a man shot to death at a South Carolina vacation home after another man came to the station and confessed to the killing. Multiple media outlets reported 57-year-old Thomas Shipplett of Ash, N.C., turned himself into North Myrtle Beach police Tuesday night.