Chandrakant Shantilal CJ Patel

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, ...

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