Do you know who killed Richard Hurley in 2014? Richard Anthony Hurley, a 62-year-old White man, had built a life around steady work and a dry, memorable humor—an insurance career that began in claims and grew into leadership, and a circle of family and friends who knew him as someone dependable and warm. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, he studied business at North Carolina State University and eventually became a vice president at Hewitt Coleman and Associates in Greenville, South Carolina, where colleagues spoke of his ethics and the
way he could lighten a tense day with a laugh.
On the evening of December 18, 2014, he went out along Davenport Road in Simpsonville. Near the intersection with Foxfire Drive, investigators said he was jogging westbound when an unknown driver struck him and kept going, leaving him injured in the roadway and a neighborhood stunned by how quickly a routine night could turn.
When police and EMS arrived, he was still conscious and tried to communicate, but officers said he didn’t remember much, and they would not disclose what, if anything, he was able to tell them in those moments. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries, and the coroner identified him as the victim of the hit-and-run.
In the days that followed, the search focused on what the crash left behind: fragments and damage clues that pointed investigators toward a Jeep in the 1999–2003 range, with impact likely concentrated around the front grille or headlight area—damage that might not look dramatic at a glance. Early reports suggested a red vehicle and even a right-hand steering configuration consistent with a European model, but investigators later emphasized uncertainty: the color was not confirmed, and they were considering the possibility of either right- or left-hand steering. Police also urged area body shops to be alert for a vehicle coming in with suspicious front-end damage, especially if the owner tried to explain it away as hitting a deer or something similar.
Publicly available updates from law enforcement continue to describe the case as active, with the driver still unidentified. The official case listing describes the vehicle only as being driven by an unknown suspect and asks anyone with information—no matter how small—to come forward to help bring answers and closure to his family. In the sources reviewed, there is no report of an arrest, a publicly named suspect, or charges filed in connection with the hit-and-run death.
