Name: South Carolina Missing Persons and Unsolved Homicide Statistics
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Cases by type

Missing Persons 392 360 still missing

Deaths by Force 4,631 4,408 unsolved

Unidentified Remains 93 83 unidentified

Unclaimed Persons 160 160 unclaimed

Serial Killer Profiles 14

Mass Murders 3

By state & province

Cases per state and per 100,000 residents, a shaded state-by-state list, top cities, and Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP) by state.

Cases by state and province

Click a state or province to see its statistics. All case types.

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State / province	Missing	Missing per 100k	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force per 100k	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified per 100k	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed per 100k	Unclaimed claimed %	Serial killer profiles	Mass murders	All cases	All per 100k
South Carolina SC	392	7.66	8.2%	4,631	90.48	4.8%	93	1.82	10.8%	160	3.13	0%	14	3	5,293	103.41

Per 100,000 residents: 2020 U.S. Census / 2021 Canadian Census populations. "%" columns are the share of that type's cases marked located / solved / identified / claimed.

Top cities by open cases

Missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases, by the city recorded on the case.

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City	State	Cases	Open	Solved / resolved	Solved / resolved %
Columbia	SC	478	443	35	7.3%
North-charleston	SC	271	247	24	8.9%
Greenville	SC	253	238	15	5.9%
Charleston	SC	209	203	6	2.9%
Anderson	SC	184	181	3	1.6%
Florence	SC	144	137	7	4.9%
Spartanburg	SC	141	131	10	7.1%
Sumter	SC	140	126	14	10%
Aiken	SC	114	106	8	7%
Orangeburg	SC	103	95	8	7.8%
Summerville	SC	92	88	4	4.3%
Myrtle-beach	SC	92	87	5	5.4%
Rock-hill	SC	83	81	2	2.4%
Conway	SC	82	77	5	6.1%
Lancaster	SC	64	63	1	1.6%
Greenwood	SC	61	58	3	4.9%
North Charleston	SC	59	57	2	3.4%
Walterboro	SC	49	49	0	0%
Dillon	SC	50	46	4	8%
Beaufort	SC	44	44	0	0%
Gaffney	SC	49	43	6	12.2%
Darlington	SC	43	42	1	2.3%
Loris	SC	41	40	1	2.4%
Longs	SC	39	39	0	0%
Hartsville	SC	39	37	2	5.1%
Greer	SC	37	37	0	0%
Goose-creek	SC	36	35	1	2.8%
Lexington	SC	36	33	3	8.3%
Rock Hill	SC	33	33	0	0%
Simpsonville	SC	33	32	1	3%
Easley	SC	32	30	2	6.3%
Myrtle Beach	SC	34	28	6	17.6%
Ridgeland	SC	29	28	1	3.4%
Chester	SC	29	28	1	3.4%
North-augusta	SC	28	28	0	0%
Piedmont	SC	30	27	3	10%
Georgetown	SC	30	27	3	10%
Newberry	SC	28	27	1	3.6%
Moncks-corner	SC	27	27	0	0%
West-columbia	SC	27	25	2	7.4%

Indigenous missing and murdered (MMIP), by state / province

Cases where the person is recorded as American Indian, Alaska Native, Indigenous or First Nations. 4 missing persons were reported missing from tribal land (3 still missing).

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State / province	Missing	Still missing	Deaths by force	Unsolved	Unidentified / unclaimed	Total
South Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	1

By decade & year

Cases by decade and year, the solved share by decade (the “cold case curve”), and seasonality by month and day of the week.

Cases by decade

Stacked by case type.

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Decade	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders	Missing located %	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed claimed %
Before 1900	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	16	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	1	3	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–
1960s	1	11	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	9	37	3	0	2	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1980s	34	28	11	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1990s	53	46	14	6	2	1	1.9%	0%	0%	0%
2000s	68	73	19	36	2	0	1.5%	0%	10.5%	0%
2010s	94	1,941	20	30	0	1	11.7%	0.5%	15%	0%
2020s	132	2,448	26	88	2	1	14.4%	8.7%	19.2%	0%

Decade of the date last seen (missing), date of death (deaths by force), date found (unidentified / unclaimed), first year active (serial killers) or date of the attack (mass murders).

Solved / resolved share by decade

The “cold case curve”: the share of each decade’s cases now marked solved, located, identified or claimed (decades with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Decade	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders	Missing located %	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed claimed %
Before 1900	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1900s	0	16	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1910s	0	5	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1920s	0	7	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1930s	0	8	0	0	0	0	–	0%	–	–
1940s	1	3	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1950s	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–
1960s	1	11	0	0	2	0	0%	0%	–	–
1970s	9	37	3	0	2	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1980s	34	28	11	0	1	0	0%	0%	0%	–
1990s	53	46	14	6	2	1	1.9%	0%	0%	0%
2000s	68	73	19	36	2	0	1.5%	0%	10.5%	0%
2010s	94	1,941	20	30	0	1	11.7%	0.5%	15%	0%
2020s	132	2,448	26	88	2	1	14.4%	8.7%	19.2%	0%

Decade of the date last seen (missing), date of death (deaths by force), date found (unidentified / unclaimed), first year active (serial killers) or date of the attack (mass murders).

Cases by year (last 50 years)

Recent years include many newly added cases; older years are more likely to be resolved and removed from public databases.

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Cases by month

Seasonality: month of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	38	366	10	14	0
Feb	32	317	7	14	0
Mar	42	349	7	10	0
Apr	23	387	5	19	0
May	26	439	9	16	0
Jun	27	403	4	18	1
Jul	34	408	5	8	0
Aug	41	402	8	18	0
Sep	34	444	7	11	1
Oct	30	374	10	13	1
Nov	31	384	9	10	0
Dec	34	357	12	9	0

Cases by day of the week

Day of the week of the case date (only cases with a full date).

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By age

Age groups for each case type, solved share by age, average ages and an age / sex pyramid.

Cases by age group

Average age: 32.9 missing · 32.4 deaths by force · 39.9 unidentified.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	20	0%	119	1.7%	1	0%	0	–
13-17	68	11.8%	304	7.6%	3	0%	0	–
18-24	67	6%	1,228	5.1%	10	10%	0	–
25-34	71	9.9%	1,354	4.4%	17	11.8%	0	–
35-49	106	7.5%	981	4.8%	21	23.8%	0	–
50-64	38	10.5%	448	4.2%	25	8%	0	–
65+	22	4.5%	173	4.6%	2	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	24	4.2%	14	0%	160	0%

Age when last seen (missing), age at death (deaths by force), middle of the estimated age range (unidentified), possible age (unclaimed).

Solved / resolved share by age group

Share of each age group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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Age	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
0-12	20	0%	119	1.7%	1	0%	0	–
13-17	68	11.8%	304	7.6%	3	0%	0	–
18-24	67	6%	1,228	5.1%	10	10%	0	–
25-34	71	9.9%	1,354	4.4%	17	11.8%	0	–
35-49	106	7.5%	981	4.8%	21	23.8%	0	–
50-64	38	10.5%	448	4.2%	25	8%	0	–
65+	22	4.5%	173	4.6%	2	0%	0	–
Unknown	0	–	24	4.2%	14	0%	160	0%

Age when last seen (missing), age at death (deaths by force), middle of the estimated age range (unidentified), possible age (unclaimed).

Age and sex

Male (left) and female (right) by age group – missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed together.

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By sex

Male / female split for each case type and solved share by sex.

Cases by sex

Share of each case type that is male, female or not recorded.

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Sex	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
Male	211	8.1%	3,760	4.5%	63	14.3%	118	0%
Female	179	7.8%	871	6%	20	5%	42	0%
Unknown	2	50%	0	–	10	0%	0	–

Solved / resolved share by sex

Share of male and female cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed.

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Sex	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %
Male	211	8.1%	3,760	4.5%	63	14.3%	118	0%
Female	179	7.8%	871	6%	20	5%	42	0%
Unknown	2	50%	0	–	10	0%	0	–

By race & ethnicity

Race and ethnicity compared with the U.S. population, and the solved share for each group.

Cases by race / ethnicity

Share of each case type, compared with the U.S. population in the table.

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Race / ethnicity	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %	Share of these cases	Share of U.S. population (2020)
White	220	9.1%	1,098	5%	29	20.7%	129	0%	28%	57.8%
Black	141	4.3%	3,027	4.9%	36	8.3%	17	0%	61.1%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	22	9.1%	121	9.1%	8	0%	7	0%	3%	18.7%
Asian	1	100%	10	0%	0	–	4	0%	0.3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	4	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	0	–	3	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	2	50%	2	0%	0	–	1	0%	0.1%	–
Unknown / not recorded	5	40%	366	2.7%	20	5%	2	0%	7.4%	–

Race and ethnicity as recorded by the source (NamUs, police and news reports). U.S. population shares are from the 2020 Census (Hispanic of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic, one race). Unidentified remains are often recorded as “uncertain”.

Solved / resolved share by race / ethnicity

Share of each group’s cases marked solved, located, identified or claimed (groups with fewer than 10 cases are left out).

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Race / ethnicity	Missing	Missing located %	Deaths by Force	Deaths by Force solved %	Unidentified	Unidentified identified %	Unclaimed	Unclaimed claimed %	Share of these cases	Share of U.S. population (2020)
White	220	9.1%	1,098	5%	29	20.7%	129	0%	28%	57.8%
Black	141	4.3%	3,027	4.9%	36	8.3%	17	0%	61.1%	12.1%
Hispanic / Latino	22	9.1%	121	9.1%	8	0%	7	0%	3%	18.7%
Asian	1	100%	10	0%	0	–	4	0%	0.3%	5.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native / First Nations	1	0%	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0%	0.2%
Middle Eastern	0	–	4	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	–
Multiracial	0	–	3	0%	0	–	0	–	0.1%	4.1%
Other	2	50%	2	0%	0	–	1	0%	0.1%	–
Unknown / not recorded	5	40%	366	2.7%	20	5%	2	0%	7.4%	–

Race and ethnicity as recorded by the source (NamUs, police and news reports). U.S. population shares are from the 2020 Census (Hispanic of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic, one race). Unidentified remains are often recorded as “uncertain”.

Solve rates & how long cases stay open

Case status for deaths by force, how many years open cases have been open, and a state-by-decade solved-share heatmap.

Deaths by force: case status

How each case is recorded. “Charged / in court” counts as solved in the solved share; accidental and self-inflicted deaths are left out of it.

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How long open cases have been open

Years since the case date, for cases still unsolved, missing, unidentified or unclaimed.

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Solved / resolved share by state and decade

Percent of missing, deaths by force, unidentified and unclaimed cases now solved, located, identified or claimed. Hover a cell for the count.

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State	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s
SC		0	0	0	1	2	1	9

<2%2–55–1010–2020–3535–5050%+fewer than 10 cases

Rewards offered 12 deaths by force cases list a reward, and 10 of them are still unsolved.

Possible matches

Possible missing person / unidentified remains matches by score.

Possible missing person / unidentified matches

102,241 possible matches scoring 75% or higher, involving 13,698 missing persons and 7,876 unidentified remains. Browse the matches.

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Serial killers & mass murders

Serial killers by victims and decade; mass murders by year, place, firearms, attacker and victims.

Serial killers by number of victims

Confirmed victims listed on each profile (14 profiles).

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Serial killers by decade they started

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Serial killers by sex and race

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Group	Profiles	Share
Sex: Male	13	92.9%
Sex: Female	1	7.1%
Race: Black	5	35.7%
Race: White	9	64.3%

Mass murders by year

3 incidents. Killed per year is in the table and the next chart.

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People killed in mass murders, by year

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Mass murders by type of place

All incidents in the database (not affected by the filters).

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Place	Incidents	Killed
Not recorded	64	308
Retail / grocery / mall	38	255
Restaurant / bar / nightclub	28	221
Office / workplace	28	162
Factory / warehouse / plant	25	146
Outdoors / street / park	19	156
K-12 school	16	153
Home / residence	16	89
Government / military	12	90
House of worship	11	87
College / university	9	91
Other	3	18

Firearms used in mass shootings, by type

Firearms recorded in the Violence Project data for incidents up to its last update (90 with 1 firearms, 52 with 2 firearms, 28 with 3 firearms, 31 with 4 or more firearms). All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Mass murderers: age, sex and race

The attacker in each incident, where recorded.

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Group	Incidents	Share
Sex: Male	2	66.7%
Sex: Unknown	1	33.3%
Race: Black	1	33.3%
Race: White	1	33.3%
Race: Unknown / not recorded	1	33.3%
Age: 18-24	1	33.3%
Age: 35-49	1	33.3%
Age: Unknown	1	33.3%
Setting: Urban	105	–
Setting: Rural	48	–
Setting: Suburban	48	–
Setting: Not recorded	68	–

Mass murder victims: relationship to the killer

1,728 victims listed; 33.4% female. All incidents (not affected by the filters).

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Longest-open cases

The oldest unsolved, missing, unidentified and unclaimed cases, linked to each case file.

Longest-open missing persons

The 25 oldest still missing cases in South Carolina.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Harold Rogers	Columbia, SC	Jul 1949	77	46	Male
Eloise Way	Charleston, SC	Aug 1962	64	48	Female
Phyllis Gilliam	Columbia, SC	Aug 1971	55	11	Female
Michael Woodward	Fort Jackson, SC	Apr 1972	54	9	Male
Sherry Jones	Greer, SC	Sep 1972	54	24	Female
Gary Locklear	North Charleston, SC	Sep 1974	52	15	Male
Sara Griffin	Fort Mill, SC	Nov 1975	51	39	Female
Eva Debruhl	Catawba, SC	Jun 1977	49	15	Female
Bennie Crockett	Taylors Grove, SC	Aug 1977	49	69	Male
Maxwell Graham	Pinewood, SC	Aug 1978	48	28	Male
Cheryl Davis	Charleston, SC	Jul 1979	47	17	Female
Donna Barnhill	Lexington, SC	Mar 1981	45	13	Female
Herman Caldwell	Columbia, SC	Mar 1982	44	32	Male
John Parks	Richland County, SC	Mar 1982	44	25	Male
Christopher Partridge	Hartsville, SC	Mar 1983	43	33	Male
Mary Mcmaster	Winnsboro, SC	May 1983	43	31	Female
Sean Foster	Summerville, SC	Aug 1983	43	17	Male
Daniel Fools	Manning, SC	Jan 1984	42	20	Male
John Nealey	Loris, SC	Jul 1984	42	30	Male
Ernest Vereen	Garden City Beach, SC	Oct 1984	42	72	Male
Jeremy Grice	North Augusta, SC	Nov 1985	41	4	Male
James Roberson	Greenville, SC	Dec 1985	41	31	Male
Jessica Gutierrez	Lexington, SC	Jun 1986	40	4	Female
Elizabeth Crawford	Simpsonville, SC	Jul 1986	40	34	Female
Kristina Porco	Hilton Head, SC	Nov 1986	40	16	Female

Longest-open deaths by force

The 25 oldest unsolved cases in South Carolina.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Robert Maxwell	Piedmont, SC	Nov 1797	229	45	Male
David Ramsay	Charleston, SC	May 1815	211	66	Male
Wade Perrin	Joanna, SC	Oct 1870	156	–	Male
Benjamin Wilson	Lynchburg, SC	Jan 1897	129	75	Male
Mrs. Samuel Wilson	Lynchburg, SC	Jan 1897	129	44	Female
Preston Smith	Lynchburg, SC	Jan 1897	129	–	Male
Samuel Wesley Wilson	Lynchburg, SC	Jan 1897	129	45	Male
Grant Davis	Magnolia, SC	Jan 1897	129	–	Male
James Scurry	Georgetown, SC	Sep 1900	126	37	Male
James Robert Kennedy	Abbeville, SC	Dec 1900	126	–	Male
Daniel Curtis Ahl	Aiken, SC	Jul 1902	124	–	Male
John King	Bamberg, SC	Feb 1903	123	40	Male
James Patrick Tucker	Greenville, SC	Apr 1904	122	48	Male
Columbus W. Jones	Easley, SC	Jul 1904	122	24	Male
Willis Zonk Foster	Greer, SC	Jul 1904	122	36	Male
Robert Johnston	Rock-hill, SC	Jan 1906	120	–	Male
Eli Pittman	Greenville, SC	Apr 1906	120	35	Male
Clarence Gist	Carlisle, SC	May 1907	119	25	Male
William Clyde	Sumter, SC	Jan 1908	118	29	Male
Warden Pressley Reeves	Reevesville, SC	Sep 1908	118	24	Male
Mcduffie Stone	Laurens, SC	Jan 1909	117	32	Male
John Mcadams	Anderson, SC	Feb 1909	117	43	Male
Christopher Duffie	Walhalla, SC	Mar 1909	117	24	Male
John Dozier Altman	Ravenel, SC	Jul 1909	117	81	Male
Samuel Boyer	Charleston, SC	Jan 1910	116	52	Male

Longest-open unidentified remains

The 25 oldest unidentified cases in South Carolina.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Unidentified Female	Fort Motte, SC	Oct 1971	55	20	Female
Unidentified Female	SC	Jul 1973	53	18	Female
Unidentified Male	Edgefield, SC	Jan 1977	49	–	Male
Unidentified Female	SC	Nov 1980	46	24	Female
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	Mar 1981	45	40	Male
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	May 1983	43	53	Male
Unidentified Male	Westminster, SC	Jun 1984	42	60	Male
Unidentified Male	Santee, SC	Sep 1984	42	50	Male
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	Mar 1986	40	–	Male
Unidentified Female	Aiken, SC	Nov 1987	39	23	Female
Unidentified Male	Piedmont, SC	Dec 1987	39	33	Male
Unidentified Male	Aiken, SC	Dec 1987	39	24	Male
Unidentified Female	Columbia, SC	Nov 1988	38	40	Female
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	Apr 1989	37	50	Male
Unidentified Female	Ridgeway, SC	Aug 1991	35	24	Female
Unidentified Female	SC	Aug 1991	35	30	Female
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	Nov 1991	35	58	Male
Unidentified Male	SC	Jan 1992	34	55	Male
Unidentified Male	SC	Jan 1992	34	59	Male
Unidentified Female	Aiken, SC	Jan 1993	33	30	Female
Unidentified Male	Fort Motte, SC	Nov 1994	32	28	Male
Unidentified Female	Myrtle Beach, SC	Nov 1994	32	48	Female
Unidentified Male	Columbia, SC	Dec 1996	30	–	Male
Unidentified Male	Johns Island, SC	Jan 1997	29	70	Male
Unidentified Male	Fountain Inn, SC	Nov 1997	29	44	Male

Longest-open unclaimed persons

The 25 oldest unclaimed cases in South Carolina.

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Name	Place	Date	Years	Age	Sex
Michael Dalton	Charleston, SC	Feb 1993	33	–	Male
Lando Ramsey	Charleston, SC	Jul 1995	31	–	Male
Evelyn Thackery	North Charleston, SC	Jun 1997	29	–	Female
Frank Lubinski	North Charleston, SC	May 1998	28	–	Male
Jan Jones	North Charleston, SC	Nov 1998	28	–	Male
Juanita Hogan	Charleston, SC	Apr 1999	27	–	Female
John Parkinson	Charleston, SC	Aug 2000	26	–	Male
Jack Lance	North Charleston, SC	Apr 2001	25	–	Male
Geoffrey Dodge	North Charleston, SC	Apr 2002	24	–	Male
Kaete Kritzler	North Charleston, SC	May 2002	24	–	Female
Raymond Carpick	McClellanville, SC	May 2002	24	–	Male
Juan Munoz	North Charleston, SC	Jun 2002	24	–	Male
Raymond Williams	SC	Oct 2002	24	–	Male
Juanita Portee	Moncks Corner, SC	Sep 2003	23	–	Female
Kenneth Tanner	North Charleston, SC	Oct 2003	23	–	Male
Christopher McCoy	North Charleston, SC	Apr 2004	22	–	Male
Robert Seely	Moncks Corner, SC	Jan 2005	21	–	Male
Allen Litchfield	Charleston, SC	Mar 2005	21	–	Male
Cindy Rest	North Charleston, SC	Mar 2005	21	–	Female
Jacob Grimm	North Charleston, SC	Jun 2005	21	–	Male
Anthony Barton	Charleston, SC	Jul 2005	21	–	Male
Clayton Meeks	North Charleston, SC	Mar 2006	20	–	Male
Jerry Holland	Charleston, SC	Apr 2006	20	–	Male
Jerry Ghrist	SC	Apr 2006	20	–	Male
Christina Tannacore	Charleston, SC	May 2006	20	–	Female

Community activity

Forum discussion, memorials, evidence boards and the most viewed cases.

Community activity

Real member activity on case pages (all cases, not affected by the filters).

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Measure	Count
Cases with member forum discussion: Mass murders	19
Cases with member forum discussion: Missing persons	379
Cases with member forum discussion: Deaths by force	717
Cases with member forum discussion: Serial killers	59
Cases with member forum discussion: Unclaimed	3
Cases with member forum discussion: Unidentified	4
Cases with a MyMemorium memorial	5,007
Evidence boards created by members	256

Most viewed deaths by force cases

All-time page views.

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Case	Place	Views
Joachim Summerford	Aberdeen, NC	12,682
Zion Terry	Richmond, VA	11,602
Travis A. Hobbs	New-orleans, LA	6,120
Shannon Watkins	Jonesboro, GA	5,496
Jameal Gaudet	Harvey, LA	4,977
Melanie Lynn Berry	Wichita-falls, TX	4,891
Kiarra Jazzmyn George	Sacramento, CA	4,732
Romeca Meeks	Chicago, IL	4,147
Shuaib Naz “Shuaiby” Aslam	Stockton, CA	3,767
Javon M. Bailey	Louisville, KY	3,737
Felicito Canales	Baton-rouge, LA	3,591
Shawn Hudson	Throckmorton County, TX	3,563
Eric Tyrone Smith, Sr.	Jackson, MS	3,334
Benjamin Joseph Deen	Hattiesburg, MS	3,296
David Washington	Pensacola, FL	3,279

Methodology & how to cite

These statistics count the cases in the Crime Solvers Central database as of October 29, 2026. They are rebuilt every night.

What is counted

Missing persons – NamUs, NCMEC and Canadian police cases. “Located” means the case is marked resolved (found alive or deceased). Age is the age when last seen.
Deaths by force – homicides and other violent deaths from police, news, court and public records. “Solved” includes cases marked solved, charged / in court, primary suspect deceased or substantiated. Deaths ruled accidental or self-inflicted are counted but left out of solved shares.
Unidentified remains and unclaimed persons – NamUs cases. Unidentified ages use the middle of the medical examiner’s estimated range.
Serial killer profiles are placed in the state where they killed and the first year they were active; victims are the confirmed victims listed on the profile. Mass murders are incidents, dated by the attack; attacker and firearm details come from The Violence Project coding where available.
Race and ethnicity are as recorded by the source and grouped into broad categories; “Multiracial” is used when more than one is listed.
Per-100,000 rates use 2020 U.S. Census and 2021 Canadian Census populations.

Limits

This is not a complete count of all crime. Our homicide records lean heavily toward unsolved cases, so the solved share is much lower than official police clearance rates and should not be reported as one.
Coverage differs by state and by year: some cities and states have been imported in full, others only partly, and recent years include many newly added cases.
Cases without a date, age, state or race are left out of that breakdown only (they still count in the totals).

How to cite

Crime Solvers Central. “South Carolina Missing Persons & Unsolved Case Statistics.” Data as of October 29, 2026. https://crimesolverscentral.com/statistics/south-carolina

You’re welcome to link to this page or to any state’s page (for example /statistics/texas). Each chart’s Cite button copies a citation that links straight to that chart.

Match score	Possible matches
90% and higher	13
85–89%	1,595
80–84%	26,628
75–79%	74,005

Victims	Profiles
3 or fewer	3
4-5	7
6-9	2
10-19	2
20+	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1997	1	4	3
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	1	9	1
2016	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Year	Incidents	Killed	Injured
1997	1	4	3
1998	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0
2008	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0
2015	1	9	1
2016	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0
2023	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0
2025	1	4	0

Type	Firearms
Handgun	248
Assault weapon	103
Shotgun	49
Rifle	49
Not recorded	7

Year	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Serial Killers	Mass Murders
1977	2	5	1	0	0	0
1978	1	4	0	0	0	0
1979	1	4	0	0	0	0
1980	0	1	1	0	0	0
1981	1	0	1	0	0	0
1982	2	3	0	0	0	0
1983	3	3	1	0	0	0
1984	3	1	2	0	0	0
1985	2	7	0	0	1	0
1986	3	3	1	0	0	0
1987	10	2	3	0	0	0
1988	5	5	1	0	0	0
1989	5	3	1	0	0	0
1990	2	4	0	0	1	0
1991	5	1	3	0	0	0
1992	4	7	2	0	0	0
1993	3	4	1	1	0	0
1994	3	3	2	0	0	0
1995	4	2	0	1	0	0
1996	4	6	1	0	0	0
1997	5	9	3	1	0	1
1998	6	3	1	2	0	0
1999	17	7	1	1	1	0
2000	5	4	0	1	0	0
2001	5	3	2	1	0	0
2002	7	11	1	5	1	0
2003	10	15	2	2	1	0
2004	3	5	1	1	0	0
2005	8	2	1	5	0	0
2006	11	4	3	8	0	0
2007	7	11	5	3	0	0
2008	8	8	3	6	0	0
2009	4	10	1	4	0	0
2010	5	9	4	4	0	0
2011	8	12	7	1	0	0
2012	5	17	1	4	0	0
2013	6	24	2	0	0	0
2014	6	254	1	3	0	0
2015	13	314	0	9	0	1
2016	8	312	2	8	0	0
2017	16	314	0	0	0	0
2018	9	321	0	1	0	0
2019	18	364	3	0	0	0
2020	18	385	3	1	0	0
2021	13	437	4	3	2	0
2022	16	395	1	2	0	0
2023	18	356	7	29	0	0
2024	14	359	4	25	0	0
2025	29	290	3	25	0	1
2026	24	226	4	3	0	0

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	38	366	10	14	0
Feb	32	317	7	14	0
Mar	42	349	7	10	0
Apr	23	387	5	19	0
May	26	439	9	16	0
Jun	27	403	4	18	1
Jul	34	408	5	8	0
Aug	41	402	8	18	0
Sep	34	444	7	11	1
Oct	30	374	10	13	1
Nov	31	384	9	10	0
Dec	34	357	12	9	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	62	579	18	13	1
Tue	51	554	17	26	0
Wed	54	570	13	28	1
Thu	59	571	13	18	0
Fri	52	650	7	19	0
Sat	59	839	16	32	0
Sun	55	866	9	24	1

Age	Male	Female	Female %
0-12	71	68	48.9%
13-17	296	78	20.9%
18-24	1,083	222	17%
25-34	1,195	247	17.1%
35-49	858	250	22.6%
50-64	385	124	24.4%
65+	120	77	39.1%

Status	Cases	Share
Unsolved	4,408	95.2%
Solved	31	0.7%
Charged / in court	188	4.1%
Primary suspect deceased	3	0.1%
Substantiated	1	0%

Open for	Still missing	Unsolved	Unidentified	Unclaimed
Under 1 year	21	208	2	3
1-4 years	66	1,225	12	81
5-9 years	63	1,796	9	5
10-19 years	64	966	24	42
20-29 years	77	63	13	27
30-49 years	62	68	21	2
50+ years	7	82	2	0

Relationship	Victims
No known relationship	793
Not recorded	330
Coworker / work-related	269
Other acquaintance	143
Classmate / school-related	136
Romantic partner / ex	29
Family member	28

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	38	366	10	14	0
Feb	32	317	7	14	0
Mar	42	349	7	10	0
Apr	23	387	5	19	0
May	26	439	9	16	0
Jun	27	403	4	18	1
Jul	34	408	5	8	0
Aug	41	402	8	18	0
Sep	34	444	7	11	1
Oct	30	374	10	13	1
Nov	31	384	9	10	0
Dec	34	357	12	9	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	62	579	18	13	1
Tue	51	554	17	26	0
Wed	54	570	13	28	1
Thu	59	571	13	18	0
Fri	52	650	7	19	0
Sat	59	839	16	32	0
Sun	55	866	9	24	1

South Carolina missing persons & unsolved case statistics

Cases by type

By state & province

By decade & year

By age

By sex

By race & ethnicity

Solve rates & how long cases stay open

Possible matches

Serial killers & mass murders

Longest-open cases

Community activity

Methodology & how to cite

What is counted

Limits

How to cite

Month	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Jan	38	366	10	14	0
Feb	32	317	7	14	0
Mar	42	349	7	10	0
Apr	23	387	5	19	0
May	26	439	9	16	0
Jun	27	403	4	18	1
Jul	34	408	5	8	0
Aug	41	402	8	18	0
Sep	34	444	7	11	1
Oct	30	374	10	13	1
Nov	31	384	9	10	0
Dec	34	357	12	9	0

Day	Missing	Deaths by Force	Unidentified	Unclaimed	Mass Murders
Mon	62	579	18	13	1
Tue	51	554	17	26	0
Wed	54	570	13	28	1
Thu	59	571	13	18	0
Fri	52	650	7	19	0
Sat	59	839	16	32	0
Sun	55	866	9	24	1