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Keon Malik Brantley

Case from Columbia, SC dated Apr 15, 2017

Victim Details

Keon Malik Brantley

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2017-04-15

18

Keon

Malik Brantley

07/01/2026

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In the spring of 2017, the life of 18-year-old Keon Malik Brantley was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that has left a community searching for answers. On the night of April 15th, firefighters in Columbia, South Carolina, responded to a call of a brush fire in the Harbison area and made a grim discovery: the body of a young man who had been shot and then set on fire. That young man was later identified as Keon Malik Brantley, a recent graduate of Irmo High School. An autopsy wou ...
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  • thestate: Columbia teen found burned Saturday night had been shot
  • Burned Body Found at Harbison Apartment Complex Had Been Shot
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