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Case Description
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Earl Valentine, a 45-year-old Black / African American male, became the focus of a frantic multistate manhunt in early September 2016 after a night of domestic violence that began in rural North Carolina and ended with his death in a Columbia, South Carolina motel room on September 7, 2016.

In the months leading up to the shootings, Valentine’s relationship with his ex-wife, Keisha Valentine, had deteriorated into a pattern of abuse and fear. She eventually moved with their teenage son ...Read More
Victim Details

Earl Valentine

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2016-09-07

45

Earl

Valentine

12/10/2025