On a late-September Monday in 2018, 21-year-old male Albert Badger Jr. left behind the ordinary rhythms of life in Fairfax, South Carolina, without any sign that the day would end in tragedy. Born on January 3, 1997, in nearby Allendale County to Ellie Mae Mitchell and Willie Albert Badger Sr., he grew up in the local public schools and was known to family and neighbors by the nickname “AB,” remembered for an easy sense of humor and the way he brought laughter into even quiet rooms. His fami
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