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In the summer of 1985, a quiet community in Richland County, South Carolina, was shattered by the abduction of nine-year-old Debra May Helmick from the front yard of her family's mobile home on June 14th. Young Debra was playing with her three-year-old brother when a man lured her into his car and sped away, despite a neighbor's attempt to intervene. This event unfolded just two weeks after the kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Shari Faye Smith in the neighboring Lexington County, sparking fe ...Read More
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Victim Details

Debra May Helmick

Female

White / Caucasian

Richland County

SC

1985-06-14

9

Debra

May Helmick

01/13/2026