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James Paul Freund

Case from Sumter, SC dated Aug 09, 1976

Victim Details

James Paul Freund

Male

White / Caucasian

Sumter

SC

1976-08-09

29

James

Paul Freund

06/30/2026

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James Paul Freund, a 29-year-old white male, set out in the mid-1970s on a restless journey that carried him far from the cities where he had grown up and into the orbit of another young drifter, Pamela Mae Buckley. Born in Massachusetts and later raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he finished high school there in the mid-1960s before drifting out of the familiar routines of work and family life. By late 1975, relatives last saw him around Lancaster, while Pamela, originally from Minnesota, was ...
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  • Murders of Pamela Buckley and James Freund - Wikipedia
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