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In the fall of 2016, a sense of unease settled over a Columbia, South Carolina, apartment complex as a beloved resident was discovered dead in his home. Sylvester Ronald Riley, a 60-year-old male, was found by a female acquaintance on October 22, 2016, in his apartment in the Elmtree/Georgetown Square Apartments on Tama Road. An autopsy later confirmed that he had died from a gunshot wound to his upper body sometime between October 21 and October 22.

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Victim Details

Sylvester R. Riley

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2016-10-22

60

Sylvester

Riley

12/11/2025