Do you know who murdered 47 year old Joseph \PJ\ Jackson in 1995?
Joseph “PJ” Jackson, 47, a Black man from Greenville, South Carolina, was killed on October 6, 1995, in a case that would linger long after the initial shock wore off. That day ended with his body found inside a storage building behind the residence at 10 Asbury Avenue, a grim discovery that made it immediately clear this was no accident.
Investigators determined he had been stabbed, but the public-facing details have remained sparse, leaving the violence to speak louder than any known explanation. At the time of his death, he was living at 106 Prospect Street in Greenville, and yet the trail of why he ended up dead behind another property has never been publicly tied to a proven motive.
Years later, his name was still being circulated by authorities as they looked back at homicides that never found resolution. His killing was included among Greenville’s cold cases highlighted to the public, a sign that the case remained open and that investigators still hoped renewed attention—or a long-delayed tip—might finally connect the right dots.
No suspect has been publicly identified in connection with Jackson’s stabbing, and no arrests or criminal charges have been publicly reported as stemming from the investigation into his death. Official summaries have noted that no motive has been established, underscoring how completely the “why” and the “who” have eluded confirmation.
