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Guma Dubar

Case from Goose-creek, SC dated Mar 05, 2016

Victim Details

Guma Dubar

Male

Black / African American

Goose-creek

SC

2016-03-05

46

Guma

Dubar

07/03/2026

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On a cool March evening in Goose Creek, South Carolina, the life of Guma Oz Dubar, a 46-year-old African-American taxi driver, came to a violent and tragic end. In the early hours of March 5, 2016, Dubar, accompanied by his friend James Cody Newland, 32, gave a ride to 39-year-old James Edward Loftis from a local strip club. The ride concluded at Loftis's home, but what transpired next turned a routine trip into a double homicide.

According to Loftis's own account to the police, an argume ...
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  • WCIV: Affidavit: Goose Creek man killed 2, burned and buried bodies
  • WATE 6 On Your Side: Man accused of killing 2 people over unpaid cab fare
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    Has anyone else been following the Guma Dubar and James Newland case? My heart goes out to their fam... ...Read More
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    It's truly unfathomable to think about the pain that Guma Dubar’s family must be enduring. One det... ...Read More
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