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Cheryl Potter Boyd

Death by Force
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In August 1974, 19-year-old white female Cheryl Potter Boyd was kidnapped and murdered in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Cheryl was abducted from the parking lot of the post office on New Bridge Street. According to her younger brother, Cheryl was getting into her car when a man entered from the passenger side. That man was later identified as Marcus B. Shrader III, a Navy medical corpsman stationed at Camp Lejeune.

Shrader forced Cheryl to assist him in robbing a nearby bank. During the r ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Cheryl Potter Boyd

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Onslow County

    NC

    1974-16-08

    19

    Cheryl

    Potter Boyd

    11/20/2025

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