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Opal Diane Buckson

Case from Gaffney, SC dated Feb 13, 1968

Victim Details

Opal Diane Buckson

Female

Black / African American

Gaffney

SC

1968-02-13

15

Opal

Diane Buckson

07/19/2026

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In the quiet farming community of Mount Sinai in Gaffney, South Carolina, the morning of February 13, 1968, began like any other for fifteen-year-old Opal Diane Buckson. The young African-American girl was walking to her school bus stop when the unimaginable happened. Her sixteen-year-old sister, Gracie, watched in horror as a blue car pulled up and abducted Opal. This brazen act in broad daylight triggered a massive search effort, drawing in local law enforcement, the South Carolina Law Enforce ...
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