PICKENS — The man accused in the shooting deaths of a legendary Pickens High School football coach and his neighbor died early Wednesday morning, according to officials.

Albert Leon Bowen, 64, was charged with two counts of murder in the Sept. 14 deaths of former Blue Flame coach Bill Isaacs and his neighbor, Dickie Stewart.

Bowen, who was arrested shortly after Isaacs and Stewart were found dead of gunshot wounds along the roadside of North Homestead Drive in Pickens, had been in custody since the day of the killings, according to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe.

Bowen was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service on Oct. 22 to be flown out of state for court-ordered psychological evaluations, Hashe said, and suffered a health issue while being back to South Carolina that forced him to be admitted to an out-of-state hospital.

Hashe said Bowen died in the hospital of health complications at around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.