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SUMTER JANE DOE (1976): WF, 18-25, found near I-95, 9 August
1976 *GRAPHIC* *Pamela Mae Buckley*
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Linked entry NamUs UP # 13772
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.
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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP13773Female, White / Caucasian
Date Body Found
August 9, 1976
Location Found
Northeast Sumter County, South Carolina
Estimated Age Range
18-25 Years
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number
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ME/C Case Number
76672-A Sumter SO
Demographics
Sex
Female
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian
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Estimated Age Group
Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years)
18-25
Estimated Year of Death
1976
Estimated PMI
Days
Height
5' 5"(65 inches) , Measured
Weight
105 lbs, Measured
Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found
August 9, 1976
NamUs Case Created
April 27, 2015
ME/C QA Reviewed
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Location Found Map
Location
Northeast Sumter County, South Carolina
County
Sumter County
GPS Coordinates (Not Mapped)
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Circumstances of Recovery
Linked entry NamUs UP # 13772
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. see images
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
All parts recovered
Condition of Remains
Recognizable face
Physical Description
Hair Color
Brown
Head Hair Description
reddish-brown, shoulder-length hair
Body Hair Description
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Facial Hair Description
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Left Eye Color
Hazel
Right Eye Color
Hazel
Eye Description
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Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
PiercingPierced ears.
Scar/markTwo distinctive moles on the left side of her face near
her mouth.
No surgical scars.
Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Clothing unbleached white muslin blouse over a pink, front-tying
halter top, and blue cutoff denim shorts with a floral print
scarf tied around her waist as a belt On the Body
Footwear lavender and pink Stride-Rite brand wedge-heeled
sandals On the Body
Jewelry three silver rings, see IMAGES tab On the Body
Investigating Agencies
CASE OWNER
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
(803) 436-2000
Agency Case Number
76672
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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.
Circumstances of Discovery
In 1976 this female and her companion were found dead on a
secluded Sumter County, South Carolina dirt road between
Interstate 95 and SC 341. They were located by a truck driver
who pulled off to rest at what was commonly known as Locklair
Road, a frontage road just off the interstate. Neither had any
identification. They had both been shot in the throat, chest and
back.
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
onto the highway.
They had no money on them, but there were several clues that led
investigators to believe that the couple might have been
well-to-do or perhaps even from another country.
Investigators wondered if they had been hitchhiking cross
country, or if they had been victims of a carjacking.
They were a clean-cut looking pair. Authorities speculated they
might even be brother and sister. DNA testing, however, later
proved they were not related.
No drugs or alcohol were found on their bodies. They were not
smokers. And neither had on underwear.
Investigators had checked out every lead, including trying to
identify them through their fingerprints and using the serial
number on the man's watch in hopes of trying to track down the
jewelry store where he might have bought the piece of jewelry.
Officials with Interpol as well as U.S. Customs investigators
and immigration authorities also had been alerted. Contact were
made with agencies in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and in the
Mediterranean.
The autopsy revealed the pair had eaten fruit or ice cream with
fruit not long before they died so investigators were certain
the two must have bought the food from a local eatery or store.
Someone remembered seeing a couple matching the dead couple's
descriptions at a fruit stand that was located off the Florence
Highway, but the person couldn't say whether the man and woman
were with someone else or if they were riding in a car.
Months after the homicide, an employee of KOA campgrounds near
Santee, S.C., called authorities, believing he had earlier made
friends with the dead man, who went by the name “Jock,”
according to documents in the case file.
Jock, or more likely, Jacques, stayed a few days at the
campgrounds with his young female companion, then left for
Florida. He and his girlfriend stopped at the campgrounds again
on their way back.
The two men became friends. While shooting pool, Jacques told
the KOA worker he was the son of a prominent doctor in Canada
who had disowned him for giving up on his own career in
medicine. He was taking a vacation of sorts, traveling the
country aimlessly.
Before leaving, he tried to pawn an expensive ring to the
employee, who later told authorities that the ring had looked a
lot like the one found on the mystery man.
Inside his pocket was a book of Grants Truck Stop matches, which
could only be found in Idaho, New Mexico and Nebraska.
Authorities think Jacques passed through these places on his
travels.
There are speculations that this female is an exchange student
from the Middle East.
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-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
Information Source(s)
NamUs
Wikipedia
Harvey Pratt
South Carolina Snitch
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
WIS TV
WLTX 19 (6/12/07)
Admin Notes
Added: 7/22/00; Last Updated: 4/4/18
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Re: SUMTER JANE DOE (1976): WF, 18-25, found near I-95, 9 August
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Date: October 31, 2020, 3:43 pm
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Mystery of the Sumter County Does
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
SARA MARIE HOGG
Police artist sketches of John and Jane Doe in Sumter County,
South Carolina.
Police artist sketches of John and Jane Doe in Sumter County,
South Carolina.
What in the world are Sumter County Does? Could they be a
girls’ drill team that performed at halftime for a football team
called the Stags or Bucks? Are they a type of female deer that
is indigenous to only Sumter County? There are several Sumter
Counties in the USA.
Melba wondered these things as she kept running across this
entry on web lists while doing research on strange mysteries.
She decided to delve further.
The Sumter County Does are in fact John and Jane Doe, found
murdered 400 meters off of I-95 in a pine-tree riddled spot of
Sumter County, South Carolina on August 9, 1976 by a passing
trucker. That was the year of all the Bicentennial celebrations
on television and elsewhere, Melba thought. Many people
traveled to the nation’s capitol for history’s sake. I, myself
was one, although it was by plane and in the month of April.
The couple had been shot in the back after they stepped from the
rear of a van.* The murderer then rolled them over and shot
them again in the necks, under their chins to make sure they
were dead. The young man was thought to be in his early
twenties, the young woman was most probably in her late teens or
early twenties. They had both eaten a fruity-milky concoction
shortly before death. They were both clean and had taken
showers within the last twenty-four hours. John Doe had a four
inch appendectomy scar. They did not have any drugs or alcohol
in their systems. Various reports listed them as “wealthy,”
because of expensive dental work the young man had, his
expensive watch, and other jewelry. No, not for sure wealthy,
Melba thought. Middle class people often splurge on expensive
dental work. The watch was nice, but why not a Rolex, if
wealthy? And truly old money wealthy people did not have the
need to show off their wealth with bling. Young people such as
these might be the exception. They neither one had on
underwear. No underwear? Clean people that they were, that
seems odd! Jane Doe’s legs were not shaven.
Mousey little Melba’s mind started working overtime when she got
to the part about no underwear. She put on her detective hat.
Had they been kidnapped, forced to make a porn movie at
gunpoint, then forced to dress hastily, and exit the van* to be
murdered? That was kind of far-fetched and there was no
evidence of their ever turning up in a porn movie, anywhere.
The killer then drove off in a cloud of dust, taking the
underwear with him? Possible but nutty. Hmmmm. Maybe it was a
porn movie and their faces were not visible. Melba tossed this
idea aside, as their autopsies would probably have indicated
such activity and that was not mentioned.
Do I dare look at post mortem photos, if they are available?
Melba decided to take a chance. She found the ones that the
police sketches had been made from. The coroner had covered the
bodies up with sheets so that only the heads were showing. In
other photos, the mouths and eyes were open. Are those really
that way, or was that feature added by an artist? It was hard
to tell. Melba decided to do more research.
After thirty minutes of searching on the web, Melba found the
crime scene photo. The bodies were on the grass, kind of
splayed out. You could not see the faces closely. Another half
hour of research revealed another photo. It was horrible. A
crime scene photo had been blown up and posted in a chat room
about cold cases. It was of their death faces. Are their faces
frozen that way due to trauma or are they in some stage of
rigor? Melba could not tell. Their eyes were open and their
mouths were open, it seemed, in horror. Descriptions of the
woman had included that she had extra thick and long
eyelashes—more so than most—and that she had two unique moles on
the left side of her face. Her teeth were straight. She had
been very attractive and you could see all of this in the death
photo. The young man was described as having thick, bushy, dark
eyebrows. Most of his mouth was filled with extensive dental
restorations. They both had olive skin. They were both
brunette, her eyes brownish-green, his brown. Again, you could
see all of this in the photos.
Why did someone not come forward and report these young people
missing in almost forty years? Surely families were missing
them. Theories ran rampant: They were Canadians. They were
from Argentina or another South American country. They were
under a witness-protection program. They were drug-runners. It
was a contract hit. Why?
Years ago a man was arrested for DWI in South Carolina, Lonnie
George Henry. A gun was found in his possession. The serial
number had been partially filed away. It proved to be the gun
that had killed the young couple. He took a polygraph. He did
not kill them, the polygraph indicated, but he was being
deceptive about where he had gotten the gun in the first place.
A relative admitted giving him the .357 Smith and Wesson for a
birthday. It had had all of the serial numbers when given, the
relative insisted. Mr. Henry finally admitted that he had filed
the numbers off himself, but why? Did he loan the gun to
someone, then have a fear for how the person had used it? He
died in 1982 without giving any more information. Could he have
gotten so inebriated that he killed them and had no memory of
it, thus tricking the polygraph? Was he in a blackout of some
kind?
Robbery does not seem to be a motive. The jewelry and watch
were left on the bodies (unless they had a huge wad of cash on
them that was taken, and no one has an answer to that,
naturally). The young man’s ring has the initials, “JPF”
engraved on the inside of the band.
The bodies were kept sealed in a funeral home for a time in
hopes of identification. Their caskets had windows for viewing
the faces. They were later buried in a parish cemetery, to be
exhumed and tested for DNA, then buried again. Their
fingerprints have been sent to most data bases and warehouses
for such. Still there are no answers.
Melba was bothered by all of these questions. Days of research
on the Worldwide Web had not provided any more answers. Was she
searching in the wrong place? Hmmm. What would happen if I
contacted the Sheriff’s Department? That would be kind of nervy
of me. They don’t have time to mess with the “merely curious.”
After a few hours of thinking it over she decided to send the
Sumter County Sheriff’s Department an email. A phone call would
be too disruptive. There were three questions she wanted
answered—answers that she had not found in her research, that
they should know by now. She was shocked when Lt. Robert
Burnish sent a speedy reply and answered all three of her
questions:
DNA testing has proven that John and Jane Doe were NOT siblings
or otherwise related by blood.
There was no indication of European descent through DNA
As far as the quote “they stepped from a VAN”* there is no idea
why that is quoted in web accounts. There was no vehicle, (van
or otherwise) in the area.
Lt. Robert Burnish also stated, “if your readers have, or pass
on, any information, we would love to hear from you.”
Lt. Robert Burnish
Criminal Investigations
Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
1281 North Main Street
Sumter, S.C. 29153
803-436-2017
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Re: SUMTER JANE DOE (1976): WF, 18-25, found near I-95, 9 August
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​​​​​BACKGROUND:
This young couple was found murdered in August of 1976. Their
story is one of the better known cases, yet despite all the
coverage they still remain in graves marked unknown. Somewhere
out there are two families wondering where their loved ones are.
Do you know who they are? Can you help us finally get them
home?
In 1976 this couple was found murdered execution style on a
secluded Sumter County, South Carolina dirt road near 1-95. They
both were found with gunshot wounds to the back, chest and
finishing shots to their throats. Neither had any
identification, and there were few clues as to their identities.
Investigators had checked out every lead, including trying to
identify them through their fingerprints and using the serial
number on the man's watch in hopes of trying to track down the
jewelry store where he might have bought the piece of jewelry.
Dental records were published in national dental journals.
Officials with Interpol as well as U.S. Customs investigators
and immigration authorities also had been alerted. Their case
was featured on Unsolved Mysteries, Court TV, Readers Digest and
other publications, yet investigators are just as stumped as the
day they were found.
In December of 1976, a truck driver named George Lonnie Henry
from Wadesboro, NC was stopped in SC for driving under the
influence. He had in his possession a stolen gun with a
scratched-off serial number that was ultimately determined
through ballistics to be the murder weapon. Subsequent
interviews and polygraphs yielded mixed results as to whether or
not he was the one responsible for their murders. According to
George Henry's statement he was a few hours away at the bed-side
of his ailing wife at a NC hospital. The chain of custody of the
gun remains a mystery as well. George Henry claims that his
brother, Jim Henry had given it to him as a gift. Since several
months had elapsed since the murders, it is difficult to verify
George Henry's alibi or to verify who actually had possession of
the gun at the time of the murders. The gun was originally
stolen by a group of thieves in the Raleigh-Durham area, before
the Henry's came into possession of the gun. Could it be
possible that another person or persons had possession of the
gun at the time of the murders and that George Henry had no
involvement?
CLUES:
1. The John Doe was wearing a linde star ring with the initials
"JPF" inscribed in it.
2. The John Doe had a pack of matches from "Grant's" truck stop.
There are three Grant's truck stops in the US; (York, NE),
(Lupton, AZ) and (boise, ID).
3. A mechanic in York, NE stated he thought he had worked on a
van with WA or OR plates that matched the couple's description.
4. The Jane Doe has two distinctive moles on her left cheek.
5. The John Doe had a "1975 IMSA( International Motor Sports
Association) Camel GT" shirt from the 1975 IMSA Sebring race in
Florida. This shirt was only sold at the Florida Sebring race.
Some people have speculated that the John Doe might have a
connection to IMSA racing. In fact, the weekend the couple was
murdered there was an IMSA race at Talladega Motor Speedway. It
be might be possible they attended the race and were on their
way back home.
PREVAILING THEORIES:
* These theories are not necessarily the opinions of
sumtermysterycouple.com. These theories are based on a
compilation of various interviews and internet resources. These
are only theories and should not be considered factual
accounts.
1. The most common theory is that the couple was involved in
drug smuggling and/or organized crime of some sort. This type
of execution style murder is synonymous with a mafia style hit
which suggests they were targeted for some reason. It wasn't
until several years later that it was discovered that drug
smuggling was running rampant within the ranks of IMSA
racing(remember the John Doe was wearing a IMSA shirt from the
'75 florida, Sebring race). In the 1980's several IMSA racers
and race teams including John Paul Sr. , the Whittington
brothers and Randy Lanier were convicted of drug smuggling.
These were not small time drug smugglers. They were part of a
multi-million dollar criminal organization who were smuggling
TONS of drugs into the United Sates. These racers and race teams
had strong ties with organized crime and even with the CIA.
There was also an enormous amount of local corruption in this
small area near where the bodies were found . Several prominent
business men and politicians were implicated in at least three
murder for hire schemes. These schemes implicated a local bank
president, Charlie Dorn Smith, and a local Mayor, Clayton
Bingham, among others. There was another incident just a few
months prior to the mystery couple murder in which a Police
chief was murdered by another officer in very suspicious
circumstances just a few miles from where the mystery couple was
murdered in the sleepy small town of Olanta. Could this couple
have been involved with these racers and/or these local thugs
which ultimately lead to their demise?
links:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Sr._(racing_driver)
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Whittington
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Lanier
HTML https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19890514&id=PmYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UaoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1432,2459421&hl=en
2. The couple has already been identified and the government or
rogue elements are keeping their identities a secret. The most
recent lead from 2012 suggests that the mystery couple is
Michael and Cordelia Mcminn who were suspected of being
high-jacked at sea near Washington state in June of 1976. This
lead was relayed to local authorities; however, there has been
no word of whether or not a comparison was done to confirm or
deny this suspicion. The likeness between the McMinns and the
unidentified couple is uncanny. According to NAMUS, a national
database of missing and unidentified persons, the McMinn family
submitted DNA for comparison, but the results of that comparison
has yet to be released. Another missing couple from Canada, Ron
and Terry Yakimchuk who went missing in 1973, were also
submitted for comparison and the results of that comparison
have yet to be released either.
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HTML http://www.singletonfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I280980
3. The couple were travelers(possibly foreign travelers) who
were car-jacked.
4. The couple was in the witness protection program. The
government knows who the couple are and may have already
notified the family. For some reason the government didn't want
to identify them at time, maybe because they didn't want to
jeopardize a bigger case or endanger undercover agents.
Hypothetically, if that were true It is not clear what the
government's motive would be to continue to allow the couple to
remain unidentified. Maybe it is to prevent embarrassment or
maybe they don't have an obligation to identify them. Moreover,
It could be that these murders are related to an organized crime
case that has already been settled and the government would just
prefer it to stay that way.
5. The couple was killed by their family for some reason. This
might explain why the family has never came forward to identify
them.
6. The couple was part of some covert military program.
7. The couple was fleeing Chile or Argentina during the Dirty
Wars. The couple was described as having an olive skin tone, the
Jane Doe had unshaven legs and neither were wearing underwear
which have lead many to speculate that they were from a South
American country.
8. The couple were somehow associated with a mobster named John
Roselli. John Roselli was, perhaps, most known for his
connection to the Kennedy assassination. John Roselli had
testified before the Warren Commission that he believed rogue
elements within the CIA in conjunction with the Mafia had been
responsible for JFK's assassination. The Warren Commission had
wanted to recall Roselli for further testimony before he was
found floating in a barrel near Miami. His case remains
unsolved as well. Subscribers of this theory point to the fact
that the body of Roselli was found floating in a bay near Miami
the same day the couple was murdered, leading some speculate
that there is a connection to the case. They also point to the
fact the John Doe was wearing a shirt from Sebring, FL which is
relatively close to Miami. Moreover, It is not uncommon for
mafia style hits to be carried out in groups.
Link:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roselli
Considering the complexity of the case, the possible organized
crime element, numerous discrepancies, and the fact that this
case overlaps state boundaries it would seem prudent that an
outside agency like the FBI should investigate this case.
OTHER LINKS:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_Does
HTML http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?54847-Mystery-couple-murdered-in-South-Carolina-1976-1
HTML http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2apmee/sumter_county_does_1976/
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Re: SUMTER JANE DOE (1976): WF, 18-25, found near I-95, 9 August
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