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Benjamin Patterson

Case from Greenville, SC dated Sep 26, 1993

Victim Details

Benjamin Patterson

December 15, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Greenville

SC

1993-09-26

1993-09-26

23

Benjamin

Patterson

07/10/2026


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Do you know who murdered 23 year old Benjamin Patterson in 1993?
In the fall of 1993, the city of Greenville, South Carolina, was confronted with a puzzling and tragic mystery that continues to linger decades later. On September 26, the body of 23-year-old Benjamin Patterson was discovered in a deeply unsettling scene. He was found draped over the branch of a tree near a footpath located between 713 and 801 Dunbar Street. An autopsy would later confirm that Patterson had been shot to death. The discovery was made all the more unusual by the fact that he was f ...
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