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Missing in Sumter, South Carolina

Naomi Collins was just 28 years old when she went missing in Sumter, South Carolina. According to NamUs, Collins was last seen on March 5, 2015, on Pinewood Road. A witness reportedly saw her get into a vehicle with an unidentified African-American male. According to Missing People in America, she was last seen near U.S….

Missing in Cheraw, South Carolina

Ashley Hunter went missing on September 24, 2019, in Cheraw, South Carolina. Hunter was last seen driving a gray four-door Honda Civic Del Sol, but never returned. Very details are known about Ashley Hunter or her case. It will soon be six years since the then 36-year-old disappeared without a trace. People don’t just disappear…

Secrets in the Swamp: Part 1

Korrina Lynne Sagers Malinoski was a hard-working mother who worked at the Oasis convenience store in Summerville when she mysteriously disappeared in November of 1987, just before Thanksgiving. Korrina always arrived on time on her scheduled days to work, despite taking care of her two toddler boys and her 10-year-old daughter, Annette. So, when Korrina…

The Giggling Granny

Nannie Doss may have seemed like a sweet, loving grandmother, but investigators soon found something more sinister lurked behind her charming smile after every member of her family mysteriously died. Doss was born Nancy Hazel on November 4, 1905, in Alabama. An abusive father heavily impacted her childhood, and she described it as “an unhappy…

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