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Robert Anthony Way

Case from North-charleston, SC dated Feb 18, 1985

Victim Details

Robert Anthony Way

Male

White / Caucasian

North-charleston

SC

1985-02-18

29

Robert

Anthony Way

06/30/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 18, 1985, North Charleston Police Officer Robert Anthony Way, a man known by his friends and colleagues as Tony, responded to an alarm call at Rose's Hideaway Bar on Rivers Avenue. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he had been with the police department for just one year.

Upon arrival, Officer Way went to the rear of the building, where he encountered a suspect who immediately fled. A foot pursuit ensued around the corner of the building. The suspect, who wa ...
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