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Sharon Faye Smith

Case from Lexington County, SC dated May 31, 1985

Victim Details

Sharon Faye Smith

Female

White / Caucasian

Lexington County

SC

1985-05-31

17

Sharon

Faye Smith

07/06/2026

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In the late spring of 1985, just two days before she was set to graduate from high school, 17-year-old Sharon Faye Smith, known to her loved ones as Shari, was abducted from the driveway of her family's home in Lexington County, South Carolina. On May 31st, after returning from a pool party, she was taken at gunpoint while checking the mail. This brazen act marked the beginning of a period of terror for the Smith family and the surrounding community, sparking one of the largest manhunts in the s ...
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