State Directory

Cold Cases in South Carolina

ColdCaseIndex documents 8 cold cases in South Carolina, spanning 1944–2015. 4 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.

8 Documented Cases
4 Still Unsolved
1944–2015 Year Range
4 Case Types

By Type

4 Homicides 2 Multiple Homicides 1 Serial Killer Victims 1 Missing Person

By Status

4 Unsolved 4 Conviction

All South Carolina Cases

Conviction 2015

Walter Scott

Walter Scott was shot in the back and killed while fleeing from North Charleston police officer Michael Slager during a traffic stop. A bystander's video showed Slager shooting Scott in the back and then planting his Tas

North Charleston Homicide Age 50
Conviction 2009

Brittanee Drexel

Seventeen-year-old Brittanee Drexel disappeared from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during spring break in 2009. In 2022, Raymond Moody pleaded guilty to her kidnapping, rape, and murder and was sentenced to life in prison

Myrtle Beach Homicide Age 17
Unsolved 2007

Thomas Miller

Forty-four-year-old Thomas Miller was found murdered in Columbia, South Carolina in October 2007. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Richland County cold case files.

Columbia Homicide Age 44
Unsolved 2004

Dana Clair Edwards

Twenty-two-year-old Dana Clair Edwards disappeared from Lexington, South Carolina in March 2004. She was last seen leaving a bar. Despite investigation, she was never found. Her case remains open.

Lexington Missing Person Age 22
Unsolved 2003

Blue Ridge Savings Bank Murders

Three bank employees were found dead in the utility room of a Blue Ridge Savings Bank in Greer, South Carolina. Sylvia Holtzclaw, James 'Eb' Barnes, and Margaret 'Maggie' Barnes were all killed. The bank had recently clo

Greer Multiple Homicide
Conviction 2003

Todd Kohlhepp Victims

Real estate agent Todd Kohlhepp was identified as a serial killer after a chained survivor was found on his rural South Carolina property in 2016. He confessed to seven murders including the unsolved 2003 Superbike Motor

Spartanburg County Serial Killer Victims
Conviction 1985

Shari Smith

Seventeen-year-old Shari Smith was abducted and killed in Saluda County, South Carolina. Larry Gene Bell kidnapped and killed Shari and later a nine-year-old girl, Debra May Helmick. Bell was convicted and executed in 19

Saluda County Homicide Age 17
Unsolved 1944

Betty June Binnicker & Mary Emma Thames

Two young girls were found murdered in Alcolu, South Carolina. George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old Black boy, was arrested, tried, and executed in 83 days — the youngest person executed in the 20th century US. In 2014, a j

Alcolu Multiple Homicide