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Kim Melissa Pruneau Thrift

Case from Mauldin, SC dated Mar 23, 2024

Victim Details

Kim Melissa Pruneau Thrift

Female

White / Caucasian

Mauldin

SC

2024-03-23

52

Kim

Melissa Pruneau Thrift

07/18/2026

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On a tragic evening in Mauldin, South Carolina, the life of 52-year-old Kim Melissa Pruneau Thrift was cut short in a senseless act of violence. On March 23, 2024, the White female found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, accompanying her friend and real estate colleague, Mariellen Bessent Minor, to the Arbors at Brookfield Apartments. The purpose of their visit was for Mariellen to pick up her children from her estranged husband, Christopher Minor. What began as a parental exchange q ...
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  • Mauldin Double Homicide Suspect Found Dead
  • Kim Melissa Pruneau Thrift, age 52 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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    It's truly difficult to wrap my head around this tragedy. Knowing that two women lost their lives wh... ...Read More
    07/15/2024
    Has anyone else been thinking about the impact this has had on the local real estate community? Kim ... ...Read More
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