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James Patrick Kinard

Case from Ridge-spring, SC dated Oct 19, 2018

Victim Details

James Patrick Kinard

Male

Ridge-spring

SC

2018-10-19

39

James

Patrick Kinard

07/14/2026

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In the small town of Ridge Spring in Saluda County, South Carolina, James Patrick Kinard, a 39-year-old Black man, was living an unremarkable life in a community of only a few hundred residents when violence found him. On the night of October 19, 2018, gunfire shattered the quiet around the Hazzard Circle area. When law enforcement arrived, they found Kinard mortally wounded from a gunshot, and what had been an ordinary evening in a rural neighborhood instantly became a homicide scene that would ...
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  • WJBF: Two Saluda County men charged in 2018 Ridge Spring murder
  • https://www.wrdw.com: 2 Saluda County men charged in 2018 murder, SLED says
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