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In the summer of 2012, the community of Homeland Park, South Carolina, was rocked by the disappearance and tragic death of Chandrakant Shantilal 'CJ' Patel, a 52-year-old Indian American businessman. Patel, the manager of an Exxon gas station, was last seen on the evening of July 1, 2012, when he told a clerk he would be back in a couple of hours. He never returned. The initial hope for his safe return began to fade when his car was discovered abandoned in Fair Play, about a two-hour drive away, ...Read More
Victim Details

Chandrakant Shantilal CJ Patel

Male

Middle Eastern / Arab

Homeland-park

SC

2012-07-01

52

Chandrakant

Shantilal CJ Patel

01/06/2026