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Cynthia Graham Hurd

Case from Charleston, SC dated Jun 17, 2015

Victim Details

Cynthia Graham Hurd

Female

Black / African American

Charleston

SC

2015-06-17

54

Cynthia

Graham Hurd

06/30/2026

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Cynthia Graham Hurd, a 54-year-old African American woman, was a beloved librarian and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina. Her life, dedicated to service and the pursuit of knowledge, was tragically cut short on the evening of June 17, 2015. On that fateful Wednesday, Cynthia was attending a weekly Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a place where she had been a lifelong member. It was a place of solace and community, but that night it became a sce ...
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