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Barbara Jenkins Missing Person Case

Last seen in Sumter, South Carolina on Aug 29, 2013

Victim Details

Nov 27, 2017

Jan 12, 2024

Barbara

Jenkins

56

44

64 inches

170 lbs

Black / African American

Female

Aug 29, 2013

Sumter

South Carolina

Sumter County

29150

151

Sumter Police Department

Sumter

South Carolina

Sumter County

29150

Heath Gardner

Detective Sgt.

107 East Hampton Avenue, South Carolina

8034362700

Local

Law Enforcement

https://www.sumterpd.com/

13117843

2013-08-31

Sumter Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

07/01/2026


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In the late summer of 2013, in Sumter, South Carolina, a 44-year-old mother named Barbara Ann Jenkins was grappling with a series of personal setbacks. In the year leading up to her disappearance, she had lost her job, her apartment, and then her truck was repossessed. These difficulties prompted her and her young son to move in with her mother. Family members noticed a change in Barbara's demeanor; she became withdrawn and distant, often spending hours walking alone through her neighborhoo ...
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Last Seen: Aug 29, 2013

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    Did anyone else find it strange that Barbara was seen with a swollen lip the night before she vanish... ...Read More
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