Crime Solvers Central
CSC
209 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case? Let us know!
In the late summer of 1997, a tragedy unfolded in Aiken County, South Carolina, forever altering the lives of many. Esther Sheryl Wood, a 27-year-old woman, was killed on September 15, 1997, in a violent rampage at her workplace. The setting of this horrific event was the R.E. Phelon Co. manufacturing plant, where a former employee returned with a vengeful heart and a deadly weapon.

The perpetrator was identified as Hastings Arthur Wise, a man who had recently been terminated from his pos ...Read More
Victim Details

Esther Sheryl Wood

Female

White / Caucasian

Aiken

SC

1997-09-15

27

Esther

Sheryl Wood

12/11/2025