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Michael Ryan Spann

Case from Charleston, SC dated Mar 15, 1994

Victim Details

Michael Ryan Spann

Male

Charleston

SC

1994-03-15

18

Michael

Ryan Spann

06/25/2026

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On a Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 1994, the grounds of Goose Creek High School in Charleston, South Carolina, became the scene of a tragedy that cut short the life of 18-year-old Michael Ryan Spann. A male student at the school, Spann was in the parking lot where a pre-arranged fight between two other students had just taken place. As a spectator to the altercation, he found himself in the midst of a volatile and escalating situation that would ultimately prove fatal.

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