198UMSC - Unidentified Male
Reconstructions of the victim; victim's jewelry. To view post-mortem of the victim, click here.
Date of Discovery: August 9, 1976
Location of Discovery: Sumter County, South Carolina
Estimated Date of Death: Less than 24 hours
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 18-30 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1 1/4"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Two 2-inch scars on his right shoulder area. 4" appendectomy scar. Athletic build. Skin was smooth, with olive undertones. Victim was possibly an aficionado of contact sports, judging by the suggestive scars on the back of his shoulder.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Extensive dental work. Very elaborate dental work with crowns and bridges. Crown on left front tooth, acrylic or porcelain. Fillings in most of upper teeth and has some missing teeth in top and bottom but noticeable in top back left. Missing wisdom teeth on the bottom in the back.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Available.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Faded Levi blue jeans, a red t-shirt with Coors America's light beer on the front and Camel Challenger G-T Sebring 75 across the back. It most likely came from the 1975 Coors sponsored Sebring Races in Florida.
Jewelry: Bulova Accutron yellow gold watch, serial number H918803 on his left hand. Bulova made the piece in 1968. But the company destroyed its records when downsizing shortly thereafter, so no one knows where the watches were distributed. A 14 karat gold ring with a gray linde star stone that had the initials "JPF" engraved on the inside.
Additional Personal Items: Inside his pants pocket were a box of Grants Truck Stop Matches. They had likely come from a truck stop in the Midwest.
189UFSC - Unidentified Female
Reconstructions of the victim (mole locations approximate); victim's jewelry and dental charting. To view post-mortem of the victim, click here.
Date of Discovery: August 9, 1976
Location of Discovery: Sumter County, South Carolina
Estimated Date of Death: Less than 24 hours
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide by gunshot
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 18-25 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 100 to 105 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, medium length
Eye Color: Blue-gray, blue-green or hazel
Distinguishing Marks/Features: She had two small hair moles on her left cheek and another on the right side of her face. Mole behind right leg (calf). Pierced ears, no surgical scars. She was attractive and had very long eyelashes. Although both the woman and man were white, investigators described their skin as smooth, with olive undertones. The girl had unshaven legs.
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. No elaborate dental work. Missing upper and lower wisdom teeth on right. Has upper and lower wisdom teeth on left. Has fillings in all back teeth. If she were to smile, her teeth in the front would give an even appearance.
Fingerprints: Available
DNA: Sample submitted - Tests complete
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: She was wearing cutoff blue jeans, a pink halter top that tied in the front and an unbleached muslin blouse. She was also wearing a pair of Stride Rite, wedge heeled sandals with lavender, pink and purple straps.
Jewelry: Three Silver rings that resembled American Indian or Mexican handmade jewelry. One piece was a faceted band with red, white and blue stones. Another ring had a oblong black stone. The third was a large, intricate feather scroll band with a jade insert into the curves of the scroll.
Additional Personal Items: Unknown.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Sumter County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Randy McQueen
Agency Phone Number: 803-436-2790
Agency Case Number: 76672 Sumter SO
Agency Name: Sumter County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Verna Moore
Agency Phone Number: 803-436-2111
NCIC Case Number: U-240001056
NamUs Case Number: 13772
Agency Name: Sumter County Sheriff's Office
Agency Contact Person: Randy McQueen
Agency Phone Number: 803-436-2790
Agency Case Number: 76672-A Sumter SO
Agency Name: Sumter County Coroner's Office
Agency Contact Person: Verna Moore
Agency Phone Number: 803-436-2111
NCIC Case Number: U820001602
NamUs Case Number: 13773
Circumstances of Discovery
On August 9, 1976, the bodies of an unidentified white male and white female were discovered on a dirt road 1/2 mile from Interstate 95 and Highway 341 in Northeast Sumter County. The road is known as Locklair Road, a frontage road just off the interstate. Both victims were shot multiple times. The only potential identifiers found at the scene was a ring worn by the male that had the initials “JPF” inscribed. The ring was described as being of a Far Eastern design. Over the years, the fingerprints of both subjects have been periodically resubmitted to the FBI database to see if any new information may have been entered somewhere that may help solve their identities. In 2007, the bodies were exhumed by a team of our forensic investigators, then Coroner Verna Moore, agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and forensic pathologists from Newberry Pathology to get samples to be submitted into the state, national and international DNA databases.
Information Source(s)
NamUs
Wikipedia
South Carolina Snitch
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
WIS TV
WLTX 19 (6/12/07)
NamUs
Wikipedia
Harvey Pratt
South Carolina Snitch
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
WIS TV
WLTX 19 (6/12/07)
In 1976 this female and her companion were found dead on a secluded Sumter County, South Carolina dirt road (recon by Carl Koppelman)
On August 9, 1976, a man living in the sticks between Sumter and Florence heard a car scuttling down a narrow frontage road connecting Interstate 95 to S.C. 341. Someone climbed out. Gunshots echoed in the early morning, then the car raced back...
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