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In the late summer of 1976, a chilling crime cut short the lives of two young people in Columbia, South Carolina, leaving a lasting scar on the community. Eighteen-year-old Dorothy Ann Rhodes, a white female, and her nineteen-year-old boyfriend, Greg Becknell, were abducted on September 18, 1976. Their disappearance marked the beginning of a terrifying ordeal that ended in a brutal double homicide.

The person responsible for their deaths was John Edward Swindler, a recently released convi ...Read More
Victim Details

Dorothy Ann Rhodes

Female

White / Caucasian

Columbia

SC

1976-09-18

18

Dorothy

Ann Rhodes

12/11/2025