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Kevin John Anthony Backus

Case from Florence, SC dated Nov 23, 2019

Victim Details

Kevin John Anthony Backus

Male

Black / African American

Florence

SC

2019-11-23

34

Kevin

John Anthony Backus

06/21/2026

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Kevin John Anthony Backus, a 34-year-old man from Florence, South Carolina, was remembered online as “lil bolo,” described by those who loved him as quiet, observant, and “self made,” with hundreds of digital candles lit in his memory after his death. In photos shared to memorial pages he appears relaxed and smiling, the kind of presence that suggests a man rooted in his neighborhood and family, unaware that an ordinary November weekend in 2019 would be his last.

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  • WPDE: Three charged in murder of Florence man
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